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Hotel de Beauvais Review
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Hôtel de Beauvais
- Address: 68 rue Francois-Miron, Le Marais, Paris | Map It
Fodor's Review:
Newly restored, this mansion from 1655 has an unusually shaped courtyard, built for Pierre de Beauvais with surprisingly generous funding from the normally parsimonious Louis XIV. The reason for the Sun King's unwonted largesse: a reward for de Beauvais's willingness to turn a blind eye to the activities of his wife, Catherine-Henriette Bellier, in educating the young monarch in matters sexual. Louis, who came to the throne in 1643 at the age of 4, was 14 when de Beauvais's 40-year-old wife first gave him the benefit of her expertise. Later, Mozart supposedly stayed here. The hôtel now belongs to the city and is closed to the public apart from tantalizing courtyard glimpses.
- Metro: St-Paul
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