Hôtel Silvy | |
Building Type: | Hôtel particulier |
Address: | 35, rue Roux Alpheran |
Location Town: | Aix-en-Provence |
Location Country: | France |
The Hôtel Silvy (a.k.a. the Hôtel Ripert de Monclar or the Hôtel Bourguignon de Fabregoules) is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence.
It is located at number 35 on the rue Roux Alpheran in the Quartier Mazarin of Aix-en-Provence.
The hotel was built in the seventeenth century for the Silvy family, a family of landowners and magistrates from Aix.[1] In the garden, the fountain was built in the eighteenth century.
It was the private residence of Jean-Pierre-François de Ripert-Monclar (1711-1773) and his wife, Catherine de Lisle. It was later the residence of Jean-Baptiste de Bourguignon de Fabregoules (1746-1838), an art collector who bequeathed his art collection to the Musée Granet in Aix.[2]
The fountain and the garden have been listed as monuments historiques since 1929. The hotel has been listed as a monument historique since 1984.