In Transit Blog: Hôtel Lambert in Paris Is Damaged by Fire

Written By Unknown on Senin, 15 Juli 2013 | 17.35

The Hôtel Lambert, a famous mansion in Paris once frequented by Voltaire and Chopin, caught fire on Wednesday, and details are now emerging about the extent of the damage. The Art Newspaper reports that the blaze destroyed a series of 17th-century frescoes by Eustache Le Sueur and that important works by Charles Le Brun were also severely damaged by smoke and water.

"It's a complete disaster," Alexandre Cojannot, an architectural historian, told the paper's French edition.

Built in the 1640s, the hôtel particulier is located on the eastern edge of Île St.-Louis and is part of a Unesco World Heritage site. It is in the process of a controversial renovation by its owner, the Qatari prince Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani, who purchased the storied mansion for $88 million in 2007 and, according to Le Monde, has already invested more than $60 million into its renovation.

In a statement, the prince said the royal family was "more determined than ever to continue the restoration" after the blaze.

While not open to tourists, the Hôtel Lambert is a site of great cultural and historical significance in Paris — having been at different times in its history Voltaire's Paris residence and the location of a famous Polish political salon that eventually lured 19th-century artists and intellectuals like George Sand, Eugène Delacroix and the poet Adam Mickiewicz.

As many as 170 firefighters battled the blaze, which collapsed parts of the roof.

"This is a setback for our historical heritage," the mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, reportedly said at the scene.


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