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Hôtel de Nesmond

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Hôtel de Nesmond Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2024
1. Hôtel de Nesmond Marker
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L'endroit fut loti dès 1260. Résidence du panetier de Philippe le Bel au XIVe siècle, puis du duc de Bar, l'hôtel est racheté en 1586 par Jacques Faye d'Espesse à François de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier. En 1643, François Théodore de Nesmond, président au Parlement de Paris, lui donne son aspect actuel. Sa bru, fille de Madame de Miramion, était assez vaniteuse pour faire graver son nom sur sa porte cochère. Saint-Simon le signale dans ses «Mémoires» : «On en rit, on s'en scandalisa, mais est devenu l'exemple de ceux qui ont peu à peu inondé Paris». Passé au XVIIe siècle à Michel Blondy, célèbre maître de danse, l'hôtel fut au XIXe siècle le siège d'une distillerie d'absinthe qui le dénatura.

(English translation:)
The area was subdivided in 1260. Residence of the baker of Philippe le Bel in the 14th century, then of the Duke of Bar, the mansion was bought in 1586 by Jacques Faye d'Espesse from François de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier. In 1643, François Théodore de Nesmond, president of the Parliament of Paris, gave it its current appearance. His daughter-in-law, the daughter of Madame de Miramion, was vain enough to have her name engraved on her carriage entrance. Saint-Simon mentions this in his Mémoires: "People laughed at it, were scandalized by it, but it became an example of those who gradually flooded Paris". Passed in the 17th century to Michel Blondy, a famous dancing master, the complex was in the 19th century the headquarters of an absinthe distillery.
 
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This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Histoire de Paris series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1260.
 
Location. 48° 51.057′ N, 2° 21.089′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint Victor. It is at the intersection of Quai de la Tournelle and Rue des Bernardins, on the right when traveling east on Quai de la Tournelle. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 55 Quai de la Tournelle, Paris, Île-de-France 75005, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony and also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Évariste Galois (within shouting distance of this marker); Square de l’Île-de-France (1914) (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Le mémorial des martyrs de la Déportation / The Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation
Hôtel de Nesmond Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2024
2. Hôtel de Nesmond Marker - wide view
(about 90 meters away); Guy Basseau (about 180 meters away); Ile Saint-Louis (about 180 meters away); Square Jean XXIII (about 180 meters away); Anne Hébert (about 210 meters away); André Dignimont (about 210 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
 
Also see . . .  Hôtel de Nesmond (Paris) (Wikipedia, in French). (Submitted on November 22, 2024.)
 
Additional keywords. panneau
 
View of the Hôtel de Nesmond at 55-59, quai de la Tournelle in Paris image. Click for full size.
Photographed by LPLT/Wikimedia Commons under CC 3.0 license, August 14, 2011
3. View of the Hôtel de Nesmond at 55-59, quai de la Tournelle in Paris
Former Hôtel de Nesmond, when it was an absinthe distillery (“Absinthe Joanne”) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Simi-Bromure A. Breger frères, Paris, circa 1900
4. Former Hôtel de Nesmond, when it was an absinthe distillery (“Absinthe Joanne”)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 228 times since then and 56 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 22, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
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