Hotel Saint-Paul
The Hôtel Saint-Paul or Hôtel Saint-Pol in Paris was built as his preferred residence from 1361 to 1364 by Duke Charles of Normandy , from 1364 as Charles V, King of France .
location
The Hôtel Saint-Paul was located in what is now the 4th arrondissement in Paris, almost on what was then the edge of the city, in the immediate vicinity of the Porte Saint-Antoine, but above all the Bastide Saint-Antoine, the Bastille , which a few years after the Hôtel 1370 to 1383, was built. The name comes from the Saint-Paul church, which was also here, in rue Saint-Paul. The palace of the Archbishop of Sens extended here. It was an openly built-up area that still had a rural character.
The Hôtel Saint-Paul touched the Rue Saint-Antoine , wound around the Church of Saint-Paul , and extended mainly along the parallel Rue Saint-Paul and the Rue du Pute-y-Musse (today Rue du Petit Musc ), almost down to the Rue des Célestins, which was already touching the new city wall.
In the neighborhood of the hotel stood the Cölestiner convent (in the southeast), the convent of the Beguines (in the west), behind them from 1475 the Hôtel de Sens , and in the north, on the opposite side of the Rue Saint-Antoine, the Hôtel des Tournelles .
Charles V preferred the Hôtel Saint-Paul to the Palais de la Cité , not only because it was quieter, not exposed to the stench of the city and therefore not as detrimental to health as the Palais, but also because it was after the attack Étienne Marcels sought a safer residence for the palace in 1358 .
Acquisitions and investment
The Palais Saint-Pol did not consist of one piece, but mainly of four stately properties that were bought between 1360 and 1366:
In 1361 the hotel was acquired by the Count of Etampes. Its entrance was to the south (right) of the Saint-Paul church, No. 20–26 Rue Saint-Paul, the property was extended to Rue Petit-Musc. In 1362 the abbots of Saint-Maur acquired the hotel on the corner of Rue Saint-Antoine and Rue Petit-Musc. In 1364 the estate of the bourgeois merchant Simon Verjal was added at 7-9 rue du Petit-Musc. In 1366 the Hotel Archbishop of Sens on the corner of Quai des Célestins and Rue du Petit-Musc. Since 1364, the Hôtel Saint-Pol was officially taken into use as a royal residence.
From Charles VI. the Hôtel Saint-Pol was further expanded by purchasing the house of Jehan de Roussy at number 8 Rue de la Saint-Paul.
The buildings and the park
The Hôtel Saint-Paul was built on the ruins of a building that was built by Louis IX. the saint (King 1226-1270) came from. Charles V bought additional land and did not have a single house built, but a collection of several buildings, each with halls partly dedicated to the king's feasts and rooms dedicated to the king, his family and his Were reserved for guests. The rooms were luxuriously decorated with precious woods, paintings and goldsmith's work, tapestries embroidered with pearls. Two chapels were built, one for the king, one for Jeanne de Bourbon, the queen. In addition, the Hôtel Saint-Paul Karls contained a remarkable collection of books that centuries later would become the core of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
An immense park belonged to the hotel, eight gardens were laid out, each separated by galleries, which in turn connected every two of the houses. There was a menagerie, an aquarium, and aviaries, which gave this place a peaceful and pastoral feel.
Another story
After Charles's death, the Hôtel Saint-Paul was owned by Charles VI. the madman (King 1380-1422) still inhabited. It was here that the tragedy of the Bal des Ardents took place on January 28, 1393, which completely shattered his state of mind.
After the Dauhpins Karl , who later became King Charles VII (ruled 1422–1461), was driven out of Paris by the Bourguignons ( 1418 ), the Hôtel Saint-Paul became orphaned. Louis XI. (King 1481–1483) preferred to live in Plessis-lès-Tours , or in Vincennes Castle if he had to go to Paris. Charles VIII (King 1483–1498), Louis XII. (King 1498–1515) and Francis I (King from 1515) resided mostly on the Loire . The Hôtel Saint-Paul fell into disrepair, part of it was sold in 1519 , and a few years later it was completely destroyed.
Today there is no trace of the Hôtel Saint-Paul left. Only a few street names are reminiscent of the former royal residence:
- the rue Saint Paul
- the passage Saint-Paul
- the rue de l'Hôtel Saint-Paul
- the rue des Jardins Saint-Paul
- the rue des Lions Saint-Paul , which runs through the part of the former gardens of the Hôtel Saint-Paul where the king housed his lions
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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 10 " N , 2 ° 21 ′ 41" E