Hôtel de Sully
The Hôtel de Sully is a Louis XIII hôtel particulier built for Mesme Gallet, the wealthy financier who commissioned it between 1624 and 1630, complete with gardens and an orangery. The site choice mattered: it was selected for access to the Place Royale—today the Place des Vosges—so the building’s fortunes were tied to the rise of the Marais as a fashionable address for powerful families. In 1634, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully—former Superintendent of Finances to King Henri IV—purchased the mansion, completing and fully furnishing it on 23 February 1634, and living there until his death. The Hôtel de Sully took its later shape when his grandson added a west wing to the garden in 1660, reinforcing the family’s hold through the 18th century. By the 19th century the property had shifted toward investment use, but in 1862 it was listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture, later becoming state-owned in 1944. …
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