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Histoire de Paris

Salle Ventadour
En 1661, sur des plans de Le Vau, débute la construction par Villedo de l’hôtel du marguis de Lionne, ministre des Affaires étrangeres de Louis XV. Il appartint au duc d’Estrées, aux Phelipeaux de Pontchartrain, et fut la résidence des ambassadeurs extraordinaires de 1748 à 1756, puis du contrôleur général des finances. La Révolution y logea le ministère de l’intérieur, Napoléon celui des Finances. Le banquier Mallet profite de l’élargissement de la rue de Ventadour pour faire raser fhôtel en 1827, et transformer le site en place carrée: au centre est édifiée la Salle Ventadour, qui reçoit l’Opéra-Comique (de 1829 à 1832), le Théâtre Nautique, celui de la Renaissance, et le Théâtre Italien de 1841 à 1878, date de son achat par la Banqued d’Escompte.

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One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The sign describes the building that was built for the Opéra-Comique theater, later served as other theaters and finally became an office building.

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Translation of the text on the sign:
[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

History of Paris

Salle Ventadour
In 1661, based on plans by Le Vau, construction began by Villedo of the hotel of the Marguis de Lionne, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Louis XV. It belonged to the Duke of Estrées, to the Phelipeaux de Pontchartrain, and was the residence of extraordinary ambassadors from 1748 to 1756, then of the general controller of finances. The Revolution housed the Ministry of the Interior there, Napoleon that of Finance. The banker Mallet took advantage of the widening of the rue de Ventadour to raze the hotel in 1827, and transform the site into a square: in the center was built the Salle Ventadour, which housed the Opéra-Comique (from 1829 to 1832), the Nautical Theater, that of the Renaissance, and the Italian Theater from 1841 to 1878, date of its purchase by the Banqued d’Escompte.

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