General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Load bearing masonry wall structure |
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| Function / usage: |
original use: Hôtel particulier current use: University building |
Location
| Location: |
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne (31), Occitanie, France |
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| Address: | rue Pierre-de-Fermat, 1 rue Gambetta |
| Coordinates: | 43° 36' 10.08" N 1° 26' 28.03" E |
Technical Information
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Hôtel de Bernuy in rue Léon Gambetta, Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance hôtel particulier (palace) of the 16th century built by the mason Louis Privat for the wealthy woad merchant, Jean de Bernuy.
History
The facade of Hôtel de Bernuy was built between 1503 to 1504, while the gothic brick courtyard and its tower were constructed from 1530 to 1533 for the Renaissance stone courtyard. The owner was a rich woad merchant, Jean de Bernuy, a Spanish Jew who had fled the inquisition and was credit-worthy enough to be the main guarantor of the ransomed King Francis I of France after his capture at the Battle of Pavia by Charles V of Spain.
It is an original example of Renaissance palaces architecture of Toulouse, with a stone decoration of the cour d'honneur (courtyard) influenced by Spanish Plateresque. The use of brick in the gothic courtyard is typical of Toulouse, while the use of stone in the Renaissance courtyard is rare and indicates the wealth of the owner.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Hôtel de Bernuy" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Louis Privat (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2002): Les Cent plus beaux hôtels particuliers de France. Les créations du Pélican, Paris (France), pp. 91.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20044961 - Published on:
16/04/2009 - Last updated on:
29/08/2024
