Hôtel de Massa - Société des Gens de Lettres de France
38 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques 75014 Paris
Madness raised originally on the Champs-Élysées in 1778-1779, by the architect Le Boursier for Thiroux de Montsauge, then administrator general of the Postings. Formerly rue de la Boétie, the Hotel de Massa was transferred stone to stone in a plot of the garden of the Observatory in 1927-1928\. The Art Deco furniture designed by Maurice Dufrène, (director of the Maîtrise des Galeries Lafayette) in 1929 is also listed as a Historical Monument. The Hotel de Massa currently houses the Société des Gens de Lettres, founded in 1838 by famous writers, Balzac, Hugo, Dumas, Sand...
Photo: north facade of the Hotel de Massa/ photo credit SGDL
Etiquetas
Monument historique, Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir
Accès
M6 Saint-Jacques RER B Port-Royal or Denfert-Rochereau
L’hôtel de Massa vu du ciel. © Photo SGDL