Hôtel de Bousmard
1 rue Carnot, 55300 Saint-Mihiel
Built, no doubt, in the second half of the sixteenth century for an unknown patron, the Hotel de Bousmard kept the main body on the street from that time. The façade is punctuated on the ground floor by a set of three curved columns of the Doric order, the first floor of three columns with Corinthian capitals, all crowned with urns. Gargoyles can be seen beneath the cornice. In the 18th century, the house underwent major changes. In particular, the two street-side entrances are fitted out, while modifying the frames of the 1st floor bays. He became, in turn, the residence of the Comte de La-Tour-en-Woëvre, appointed lieutenant in 1730 to the bailiwick of Saint-Mihiel, net of Claude-Hubert de Bazoche, a lawyer and politician from 1787, and passed to the Bousmard family in the 19th century. The latter counted important political and ecclesiastical figures, including Nicolas de Bousmard, bishop of Verdun from 1575 to 1584, and Charles-Henri-Ignace, president of the parliament of Metz in t
Tags
Monument historique, Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir
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