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 depicts the house built for Jean Habert de Montmor, in this house many academics later gathered.
The French philosopher, astronomer and physicist Pierre Gassendi, a friend of Henri Hebert de Montmor, also lived in the house as indicated on the sign on the other side of the house’s entrance
Click for sign's details The house is designated as a French historical heritage site
The house was photographed on the same day by the same photographer
Click for a larger image The illustration of the house in the center of the sign appears 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 Montmor House In the house built in 1623 for Jean Habert de Montmor, treasurer of Epargne, his son Louis received, around Gassendi, Roberval, Gui Patin, Chapelain, Ménage, Huyghens and Molière, who gave reading of the "Tarfuffe" then forbidden. This circle foreshadowed the Academy of Sciences before its creation in 1666. The current hotel was remodeled twice: in 1737, and especially in 1752 for Farmer General Charron.
[Illustration of the Building]
In Louis XV style, the elegance of the two courtyard wings extends onto rue du Temple with a rounded return. There remains a beautiful staircase in the central main building.
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