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Hotel de Sens Review
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Hôtel de Sens
- Address: 1 rue du Figuier, Le Marais, Paris | Map It
- Phone: 01-42-78-14-60
- Category: Museums/Galleries
- Location: Le Marais
Fodor's Review:
Though much restored, this medieval mansion still shows its rich Gothic lines. Built for the Archbishop of Sens in 1474, the building developed a decidedly more secular side while Henri IV's first wife lived here after her marriage was annulled. Marguerite was renowned for her lovers (she supposedly collected locks of their hair to make wigs for herself) and launched the style for heavy powdering because her face bore terrible smallpox scars. She named this street after the fig tree she had cut down, as it was inconveniencing her carriages. (Notice the fig tree defiantly planted in the back garden.) Today the building houses occasional exhibits and a fine-arts library, the Bibliothèque Forney.
- Cost: Exhibitions EUR 3
- Open: Tues.-Sat. 1:30-8
- Metro: Pont Marie
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