HOTEL GROSLOT
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A former Renaissance-style mansion with furnished lounges to welcome visitors or weddings.
This Renaissance-style town house was built between 1530 and 1550 by Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau for the King's advisor, Jacques Groslot, who was also bailiff of Orléans between 1521 and 1545. Formerly the Hôtel de Ville (the present-day town hall is opposite), it remains one of Orléans' most visited landmarks and certainly its most beautiful building. Its richly furnished 16th-century salons welcome the city's official visitors. Weddings are also celebrated here. In this residence, the breath of history still lives on. King François II, Marie Stuart and Catherine de Médicis came here to convene the kingdom's Estates General in 1560, and François II, having fainted at Saint-Aignan, was taken here before dying on December 5, 1560 at the age of 16, despite the efforts of Ambroise Paré. The Hôtel then passed into the hands of Jacques Groslot's widow, Jeanne Garrault, and then to her son Henri and his son Jérôme, one of the leaders of the Protestant party in Orléans during the Wars of Religion. In 1569, King Charles IX met the Orléans-born Marie Touchet, who was to become his favorite. The building was bought by the city in 1738 and modified in 1792 to house the town hall. It was subsequently enlarged in the 19th century. The interior was restored in 1850 by the architect Delton. Inside, you'll find paintings, Aubusson tapestries and numerous Jeanne d'Arc memorabilia. In the garden are the remains of the Saint-Jacques chapel.
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I married in this hotel, it is a magnificent beautiful decor, very beautiful door frames, a grand staircase
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