L'hôtel De Noirmoutier : Trois Cents Ans D'histoire

Built between 1721 and 1724 by Jean Courtonne - also architect of the Hôtel Matignon - for Antoine François de La Trémoille, Duc de Noirmoutier, and located at number 138 on what is now the Rue de Grenelle in Paris, the Hôtel de Noirmoutier, sometimes called the Hôtel de Sens, helped to give the Faubourg Saint-Germain its architectural identity from the outset.

Its identity has been forged by its successive occupants, as much through its architecture and metamorphoses as through its decor and furnishings. Confiscated by the Revolution, and now a national asset, the State brought it back to life in 1814 by installing prestigious staff departments. After the First World War, the Third Republic used it as the residence of a great soldier, Marshal Foch, before Jacques Foccart, under the Fifth Republic, became General de Gaulle's and then Georges Pompidou's collaborator. Since 1970, the hotel has been the residence of the prefects of the Île-de-France region.

Through contributions from specialists in each period and a vast photographic campaign specially produced for the occasion, this book invites us to rediscover the beauty and modernity of a building that will celebrate its 300th anniversary in 2024.