Rohan palate

The Palais Rohan was the Palais built for the Archevêque of Bordeaux Ferdinand Maximilien Mériadec de Rohan in 1771.

Hotel of the Archbishop's palace until the Revolution, hotel of the department then seat of the revolutionary Tribunal in 1791, hotel of the Prefecture in 1802, imperial palace of Napoleon {{Ier}} in 1808 and royal castle in 1815 under Louis XVIII, the Rohan Palate becomes Town hall in 1835.

Construction

Become Archbishop of Bordeaux in 1769, Ferdinand Maximilien Mériadec de Rohan undertook the complete rebuilding of the old archbishop's palace which as of the Moyen-âge occupied the north-western angle of the cathedral Saint-Andrew (like Armand de Rohan-Soubise for the Palais of Rohan of Strasbourg).

Work of restoration had been undertaken one century before by the cardinal François de Sourdis.

As of 1771, it is with the Engineer Joseph Etienne lately made of Paris that the study of the palate and the allotments is entrusted. It makes the project of a great unit comprising a principal building on three levels with the back of large a court.

The Sale of the grounds around the archbishop's palace (current district Mériadeck) and the incomes of the Diocèse were going to help with its construction. Dissatisfied with Joseph Etienne, the archbishop replaces it by Richard-François Bonfin, Architecte of the city, which completes the work with the Entrepreneur Poirier. Whereas the expenses of construction do not cease growing, the archbishop is constrained to engage his own fortune. He leaves his place to Mgr Champion of Cicé as of 1781. The palate is finally completed towards 1784.

Structure and decoration

This unit is carried out in a Style Louis XVI monumental, sober, balanced.

The palate has a Portique Ionic order which precedes the main courtyard at the end of which the harmonious frontage is presented to the pediment carved by Barthélémy Cabirol.

The Palate consists of a vast main building flanked of two low wings in return of square which connect it to a Colonnade.

The square court thus delimited is closed by a gantry with arcade S open side street, in the center of which a monumental Portail opens. Stressed by column S, the surrounding wall offers to the first access a decoration of Arcature S which is not without pointing out the models suggested towards 1770 by the architect of Jean-François de Neufforge. In the content, a frontage punt animated of a central fore-part is essential by its rigor and its dryness.

The exactly similar posterior frontage is prolonged by two house S low with Balustre S whose bays are surmounted by Guirlande S.

This dryness in the lines and the composition is explained by the presence of Victor Louis in Bordeaux, which at the same time built the Grand Theater.

Inside, with the living rooms to the Lambris of Style Louis XVI in woodworks of Tilleul is decorated with vegetable reasons carried out by the sculptor Barthélémy Cabirol.

The dining room known as of the archbishop proposes a decoration in Trompe-l'oeil in the taste Pompéi in. It was decorated in 1783-84 by the painter Giovanni Antonio Berinzago.

It is told that it is in this part that the young person Eugene Delacroix, then wire of the Préfet, looking at restored by Pierre Lacour paintings of Berinzago in 1802, discovered his vocation.

Another decoration in the taste of the Renaissance antiquisante correctly translates the refinement of the interiors of Bordeaux of this time.

The Escalier of monumental honor (drawn by Bonfin) located at the ground floor of the main building is regarded as one of the Chef-d'oeuvre of French Stéréotomie.

The room of the Municipal council was arranged in 1889. It is characteristic of the official architecture of the III {{E}} republic.

Lastly, the building is surrounded by very beautiful gardens with English the since 1882. On each side of the garden to the back two wings are located which were built in 1880 to shelter the museum of the Art schools.

It is registered with the Inventaire of the Historic buildings.

Two Fire S in 1862 and 1870 have not very affected outsides, but modified the interior distribution and decorations.

History

In this palate sit, as of 1790, new the General advice of the department then the revolutionary Tribunal. Settles there, in 1800, new the Préfet Thibaudeau because the First Consul requires that its representative be placed with dignity.

One of its successors, Charles Delacroix, “official father” of the famous painter Eugene Delacroix dies there and, in 1808, the Emperor Napoleon {{Ier}} settles there. Blow, the old hotel archiépiscopal is set up in Imperial palace, the Préfecture being transferred in the old Saige hotel. Less than seven years later the white flag fleet on the Palate this time become royal. The duchess of Angouleme resides at it four months in 1823 and, in 1828, it is the Duchesse of Berry which is the host when it inaugurates new the Hôpital Saint Andre and poses the first stone of the columns rostrales.

In 1833 the State proposes at the town of exchange the Rohan Palate to him against the Town hall (that of the time, coupled with the Grosse bell which is the Beffroi) that the Ministre of the Guerre wants to arrange in Caserne. If not the Palate will shelter the garrison. The negociations will be long. It is necessary to await 1835 so that the exchange is officialized and on January 1st 1836 the mayor, Mr. Joseph Thomas Brun settles in the Royal palace.

In 1839, the new mayor David Johnston receives the oldest son of the king Louis Philippe, Ferdinand-Philippe, duke of Orleans which, in company of his wife, inaugurates the first stone of the station of the railroad of Bordeaux with Teste.

Since, the City gave up palate only Mgr more. of Rohan had made build without never being able to benefit from it.

Information

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