Avenue Victor-Hugo is in the north of the 16th arrondissement, and after the Champs-Élyséesis the longest in Paris. Hugo lived at number 124, which was then a 'hôtel'. It was formerly called avenue d'Eylau, although its name was changed when Victor Hugo was 79, and is where he died. The present building was constructed by Pierre Humbert.
A plaque records the details of the site.
It wasn't a "hotel" as we know them but a "hôtel particulier" - a townhouse of a grand sort, comparable to the British townhouse or mansion. Whereas an ordinary maison (house) was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a street, an hôtel particulier was often free-standing and, by the 18th century, would always be located entre cour et jardin – between the cour d'honneur (an entrance court) and the garden behind.[2] There are hôtels particuliers in many large cities in France." I had an office on that site - 124 Avenue Victor Hugo, Paris.
ReplyDeleteOuais, c'est ce que j'ai compris, mais il vaudrait peut-être mieux que je mette le mot entre guillemets et avec l'accent circonflexe. Merci !
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