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Histoire de Paris

Hôtel Jean-Bart

Sous le règne de François ler exístait déjà à cet endroit l’hôtel dit de l’Ermitage, au coin de la rue du Temple. En 1618, il fut vendu à un riche financier, Claude Passart, qui le fit transformer dès l’année suivante par’un entrepreneur nommé Gabriel Soulinihac. L’ensemble était divisé en deux demeures: la "grande" maison et la "petite", aujourd’hui disparue, qui faisait l’angle de la rue du Temple. En 1701, Roland Pierre Gruyn, maître aux deniers, les racheta.

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Contrairement a une légende tenace, le célèbre corsaire Jean Bart n’y a pas séjourné en 1702. Au XVIlle siècle, ce fut la propriété d’une très vieille famille parisienne: les Fraguier. Dénaturé au XIXe siècle, l’hôtel est aujourd’hui bien restauré.

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 the house where, according to legend, the Flemish captain Jean Bart (1702-1650) lived in the last year of his life. According to the sign, Bart did not live there at all.

The house was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

The house illustration in the center of the sign is shown here at magnification Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:

[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

History of Paris

The house of Jean Bart
Under the reign of François I, the so-called Hôtel de l’Ermitage already existed here, at the corner of Rue du Temple. In 1618, it was sold to a wealthy financier, Claude Passart, who had it transformed the following year by an entrepreneur named Gabriel Soulinihac. The complex was divided into two residences: the “big” house and the “small” house, which no longer exists, which was on the corner of rue du Temple. In 1701, Roland Pierre Gruyn, master of the money, bought them.

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Contrary to a persistent legend, the famous privateer Jean Bart did not stay there in 1702. In the 18th century, it was the property of a very old Parisian family: the Fraguiers. Distorted in the 19th century, the hotel is now well restored.