Hôtel du Châtelet
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The Hôtel du Châtelet is a hôtel particulier
in Paris
. It is sited at 127, rue de Grenelle, in the 7th arrondissement, and is now the base of the Ministère du Travail, de la Solidarité et de la Fonction Publique et la résidence du ministre du Travail, de la Solidarité et de la Fonction publique.
It was commissioned in 1770 from Mathurin Cherpitel
by the Comte Marie-Florent du Châtelet-Losmont and completed in 1776. On the comte's guillotining in 1777, the Hôtel was inscribed on the list of civil buildings and from 1796 to 1807 was the base of the École des Ponts et Chaussées. From 1807 to 1830 it was attached to the Imperial then Royal Household. From 1830 to 1849 it was rented to the Turkish then Austrian embassies, before in 1849 Napoleon III's government offered it to the archbishop of Paris
(the latter's palace having burned down in 1831). From 1849 to 1905 the building's main body served as the archepiscopal residence. On the separation of the church and state in 1905 the State took back possession of the building, granting it in 1907 to the ministère du travail et de la prévoyance sociale. It was restored from 1908 onwards to be the ministry's base. In 1968 it was the site of the signature of the Grenelle agreements
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Hôtel particulier
In French contexts an hôtel particulier is an urban "private house" of a grand sort. Whereas an ordinary maison was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a street, an hôtel particulier was often free-standing, and by the 18th century it...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. It is sited at 127, rue de Grenelle, in the 7th arrondissement, and is now the base of the Ministère du Travail, de la Solidarité et de la Fonction Publique et la résidence du ministre du Travail, de la Solidarité et de la Fonction publique.
It was commissioned in 1770 from Mathurin Cherpitel
Mathurin Cherpitel
Mathurin Cherpitel was a French architect, whose notable buildings include the Hôtel du Châtelet.-Biography:Mathurin Cherpitel was the son of a master carpenter who helped to build the Rue de Bourgogne in Paris...
by the Comte Marie-Florent du Châtelet-Losmont and completed in 1776. On the comte's guillotining in 1777, the Hôtel was inscribed on the list of civil buildings and from 1796 to 1807 was the base of the École des Ponts et Chaussées. From 1807 to 1830 it was attached to the Imperial then Royal Household. From 1830 to 1849 it was rented to the Turkish then Austrian embassies, before in 1849 Napoleon III's government offered it to the archbishop of Paris
Archbishop of Paris
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris is one of twenty-three archdioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The original diocese is traditionally thought to have been created in the 3rd century by St. Denis and corresponded with the Civitas Parisiorum; it was elevated to an archdiocese on...
(the latter's palace having burned down in 1831). From 1849 to 1905 the building's main body served as the archepiscopal residence. On the separation of the church and state in 1905 the State took back possession of the building, granting it in 1907 to the ministère du travail et de la prévoyance sociale. It was restored from 1908 onwards to be the ministry's base. In 1968 it was the site of the signature of the Grenelle agreements
Grenelle agreements
The Grenelle Agreements or Grenelle Reports were negotiated 25 and 26 May, during the crisis of May 1968 in France by the representative of the Pompidou government, the trade unions, and the Organisation patronale...
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