Grande chancellerie de la Légion d'honneur - Hôtel de Salm
64 rue de Lille 75007 Paris
Built at the request of the Prince of Salm-Kyrbourg, between 1782 and 1787, the Hotel de Salm was bought in 1804, in the name of the Legion of Honour, by the first Grand Chancellor, the Count of Lacépède, to install the administration of the order newly created by the First Consul. Restored by the architect Antoine Peyre, the hotel was then enlarged and modernized over time with in particular the creation in 1870 of the building that still houses the central administration of the great chancery. Set on fire during the commune (23 May 1871) at the same time as the Tuileries Palace, the Town Hall and other institutions, the palace was immediately rebuilt at the initiative of General Vinoy, then Grand Chancellor, through a subscription to members of the Legion of Honour and Military Medalists. In 1925, the wing of the stables was transformed into a museum by the then Grand Chancellor, General Dubail, giving the palace its final appearance.
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Monument historique
Access
Subway line 12 Solférino / RAPID-TRANSIT RAIL SYSTEM C Musée d'Orsay / Bus(Drunk) 63, 68, 69, 73, 83, 84, 94
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