Hôtel de Sens - Bibiothèque Forney

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaF-mcMuygHw8mGblzajauFVJLV1jnqcByglN6-YN1_6ec2NFdgIhBs0mKjqJFV0un3KRiY6SumuC10pFHDskNAetUjnyb-UBmnNjz-XsHkAofykHlLc3h0NHPS-wy-iEvP8ZjyB6X9qA/s1600/2011+April+Day+3+DSC_0337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaF-mcMuygHw8mGblzajauFVJLV1jnqcByglN6-YN1_6ec2NFdgIhBs0mKjqJFV0un3KRiY6SumuC10pFHDskNAetUjnyb-UBmnNjz-XsHkAofykHlLc3h0NHPS-wy-iEvP8ZjyB6X9qA/s640/2011+April+Day+3+DSC_0337.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hôtel de Sens</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the Forney Art Library</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Built originally for the archbishops of Sens in the thirteenth century, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this hôtel was rebuilt completely </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">by Archbishop Tristan de Salazar between 1498 and 1518.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Although there have been many modifications </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">over the past five hundred years, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"it remains a rare survivor of late medieval-civil architecture, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">an example of a semi-fortified <i>manoir</i> dressed up in the Flamboyant style."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Andrew Ayers - <u>The Architecture of Paris: An Architectural Guide</u>)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hôtel de Sens - Bibliothèque Forney</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Figuier at Rue du Fauconnier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Hôtel de Sens - Bibiothèque Forney

Hôtel de Sens and the Forney Art Library Built originally for the archbishops of Sens in the thirteenth century,  this hôtel was rebuilt com...

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