The Regional Cultural Affairs Directorate is installed(settled) in private residences built on the location of the residence of the bishops of Maguelone. The latter(This last) was completely destroyed during the wars of religion. The pit(core) of buildings(ships) is a small mansion built by 1636: the hotel of Grave, one of the models of the evolution of the urban house in the XVIIth century in Languedoc. There remains(subsists) the entrance(entry) of the facade of origin there (resumed(taken back) in the XIXth century) in the maniériste tasteful "frontispiece ", vaults on the ground floor, some elements of the big(great) staircase and of the landing carried on a veined structure of Gothic speed(look).
Self-guided tour of the Hôtel de Grave and the Hôtel de Villarmois
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Hôtel de Grave - Direction régionale des affaires culturelles (DRAC) Occitanie
5 rue de la Salle l’Évêque, 34000 Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie, France
Push open the doors of the Hôtel de Grave and the Hôtel de Villarmois and discover freely several remarkable spaces that are usually not accessible to the public.
The tour includes the vaulted rooms of the Hôtel de Grave, the well, the hall and its glass roof, the red lounge (works by the FRAC), the music room, the garden, and the grand salon of the Hôtel de Villarmois.
Informations
Free and open access. Visit materials available in French and English.
Hôtel de Grave - Direction régionale des affaires culturelles (DRAC) Occitanie
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Localisation
5 rue de la Salle l’Évêque, 34000 Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie, France
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Accès
Since the Esplanade, follow the Fabre museum by the street Girard.
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À propos
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Guided tour of the Hôtel de Grave and the Hôtel de Villarmois
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