Hôtel Silvy Explained

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.

Location

It is located at number 35 on the rue Roux Alpheran in the Quartier Mazarin of Aix-en-Provence.

History

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]

Heritage significance

The fountain and the garden have been listed as monuments historiques since 1929. The hotel has been listed as a monument historique since 1984.

References

43.525°N 5.4515°W

Notes and References

  1. Mark Haworth-Booth, Camille Silvy: River Scene, France, Getty Publications, 1992, p. 39 https://books.google.com/books?id=QgCTMDTGVDsC&dq=silvy+aix&pg=PA38
  2. Web site: CNRS: Jean-Baptiste de Bourguignon de Fabregoules . 2014-01-03 . 2014-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103075950/http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15928855 . dead .