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On the sign:
[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]
Histoire de Paris
Hôtel de Saint-Aignan Construit par l’architecte Pierre Le Muet, de 1845 à 1650 pour Claude de Mesmes, comte d’Avaux, négociatsur de la paix de Westphalie et surintendant des finances, il fut agrandi en 1691 pour Paul de Beauvillier, le gouverneur des trois petits-fils de Louis XIV, gendre de Colbert.
[Illustration of the house]
La façade sur cour est structurée par un ensemble de pilastres colossaux d’ordre corinthien encadrant de grandes baies, et le côté gauche habille de fausses fenêtres l’ancien rempart de Philippe-Auguste. Michel-Etienne Turgot, prévôt des Marchands et son fils Anne, futur ministre de Louis XVI, y habitèrent. Très défiguré à la Révolution, il fut transformé en mairie d’arrondissementde 1795 à 1823.
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 is in front of Saint-Aignan’s House, a place that is used today as the building of the Museum of Art and History of Judaism
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Translation of the text on the sign:
[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]
History of Paris
Hôtel de Saint-Aignan Built by the architect Pierre Le Muet, from 1845 to 1650 for Claude de Mesmes, Count of Avaux, negotiator of the peace of Westphalia and superintendent of finances, it was enlarged in 1691 for Paul de Beauvillier, the governor of the three grands- son of Louis XIV, son-in-law of Colbert.
[Illustration of the house]
The courtyard façade is structured by a set of colossal Corinthian pilasters framing large bays, and the left side adorns the former rampart of Philippe-Auguste with false windows. Michel-Etienne Turgot, provost of the Merchants and his son Anne, future minister of Louis XVI, lived there. Very disfigured during the Revolution, it was transformed into a district town hall from 1795 to 1823.
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