This 18th century mansion was originally built as two houses in 1643 by Birçonnet. In 1713 they were replaced by a hôtel, built by Thomas Gobert for the widow of Denis Feydeau de Brou. It was passed onto her son, Paul-Espirit Feydeau de Brou, until his death in 1767. The hôtel then became the residence of the Venetian ambassador. It was occupied by Belzunce in 1787 and became a munitions depot during the Revolution until the restoration of the monarchy in 1815. Until recently it housed the Ecole Nationale d'Administration, now in Strasbourg, where a high percentage of the elite in politics, economics and science were once students.
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