boss Free acquired the hotel Coulanges, a beautiful building of 2300 square meters full of history, and built in 1607 on the Place des Vosges. The price of the transaction? About 31.5 million.
The founder of Free just to afford a piece of the history of France, for the sum 31.5 million euros, according to information magazine Challenges . It is in the heart of the Marais, on the Place des Vosges, the hotel stands Coulanges, since its construction in 1607 for Philip I of Coulanges, secretary of King Louis XIII. It is also known by the nickname “La Marquise.” Why? Because he was born Madame de Sevigne, February 5, 1626. It has subsequently been sold many times … while still having an occupant.
Just to clarify, the hotel should not be confused with the hotel Coulanges, which is located on the other hand rue des Francs-Bourgeois, a few hundred meters away. In the early 1960s, the hotel is showing signs of weakness. Restoration work begins, then stop, then resume again … without ever advancing apace. The construction was stopped in 1990 due to family feuds relating to the estate, explained Le Figaro 2010
In 2009 -. The building also made about him for being squatted by the precarious youth collective “Black Thursday”, who erected then Coulanges hotel vértitable symbol of vacant housing in France and Paris. The squat lasted a whole year.
The attractive brick façade, typical of the Place des Vosges, home to no less than fifteen apartments with a living area of approximately 2300 square meters. “We did not have the ability to pay inheritance taxes and keep the hotel says Emmanuel Avout Auerstedt, heir with her three siblings. But we wanted it to remain an entity and is not sold to the cut “, adding that several large French fortunes have expressed interest in this exceptional property.
According to Challenges , Xavier Niel has pledged to keep the property in his family’s history for 15 years, while creating a “Beatrice Cottin Area” – which had Coulanges bought the hotel in 1963 – housing a museum or gallery open to the public. When asked what he will do fifteen apartments that make up the hotel, the person prefers to remain silent as Féau who conducted the transaction but did not comment on the operation.
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