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Hotel de Montmor Review
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Hôtel de Montmor
Houses / Mansions, Le Marais
Fodor's Review:
This 17th-century mansion originally belonged to Louis XIII's financial advisor Jean-Baptiste Colbert. His son ran a salon here frequented by luminaries like playwright Molière, philosopher and mathematician Pierre Gassendi, physicist Gilles de Roberval, and Dutch astronomer Christian Huygens. These gatherings inspired Colbert to create the Académie des Sciences in 1666. The building is private, but if you press the main button on the code panel during the week the door usually opens, so you can admire the curvaceous Louis XV-era courtyard.
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- Address: 79 rue de Temple, Marais, Paris
- Metro: Rambuteau
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