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

Histoire de Paris

Hôtel Libéral Bruant
L’architecte Libéral Bruant (1635-1697), très actif à Paris dans les chantiers de l’hospice de la Salpêtrière, de l’église Notre-Dame-des-Victoires et de l’hôtel des Invalides, réside dans le Marais, et y construit vers 1685 un hôtel destiné à son usage. La façade sur cour adopte un parti à la mode à Paris depuis la seconde moitié du règne de Louis XIV: l’usage des baies cintrée.

[Illustration of the Building]

En intervalle, il intercale des fenêtres rectangulaires de proportions moindres, et des oculi aveugles où se nichent des bustes d’empereurs romains. Le vaste fronton est garni de deux angelots, et de cornes d’abondance.

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 house built according to the design of Libéral Bruant, defined as a historical heritage site of France.

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

Liberal Bruant House
The architect Libéral Bruant (1635-1697), very active in Paris on the construction sites of the Salpêtrière hospice, the Notre-Dame-des-Victoires church and the Hôtel des Invalides, resides in the Marais, and built there around 1685 a hotel intended for his use. The courtyard façade adopts a fashionable approach in Paris since the second half of the reign of Louis XIV: the use of arched bays.

[Illustration of the Building]

At intervals, it intersperses rectangular windows of smaller proportions, and blind oculi where busts of Roman emperors are nestled. The vast pediment is decorated with two cherubs and cornucopias.