Hôtel de Bernuy
| Hôtel de Bernuy | |
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Native name French: Hôtel Bernuy | |
 Facade of the Hôtel de Bernuy | |
| Type | Hôtel particulier |
| Location | Rue Léon Gambetta, Toulouse, France |
| Coordinates | 43°36′10″N 1°26′28″E / 43.6028°N 1.4411°E |
| Built | 1503–35 |
| Built for | Jean de Bernuy |
| Current use | Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat |
| Architect | Nicolas Bachelier |
| Architectural style(s) | Renaissance, Gothic, Plateresque |
| Owner | Toulouse Métropole |
| Designated | 1889 |
| Reference no. | PA00094533 |
  Location of Hôtel de Bernuy in France | |
The Hôtel de Bernuy in rue Léon Gambetta,[1] Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance hôtel particulier (palace) of the 16th century built by the mason Louis Privat for the wealthy woad merchant, Jean de Bernuy.[2]
History
The facade of Hôtel de Bernuy was built between 1503 to 1504,[1] while the gothic brick courtyard and its tower were constructed from 1530 to 1533 for the Renaissance stone courtyard. The owner was a rich woad merchant, Jean de Bernuy, a Spanish Jew who had fled the inquisition and was credit-worthy enough to be the main guarantor of the ransomed King Francis I of France after his capture at the Battle of Pavia by Charles V of Spain.
It is an original example of Renaissance palaces architecture of Toulouse, with a stone decoration of the cour d'honneur (courtyard) influenced by Spanish Plateresque. The use of brick in the gothic courtyard is typical of Toulouse, while the use of stone in the Renaissance courtyard is rare and indicates the wealth of the owner.
Pictures
- Hôtel de Bernuy
Bibliography
- Guy Ahlsell de Toulza, Louis Peyrusse, Bruno Tollon, Hôtels et Demeures de Toulouse et du Midi Toulousain, Daniel Briand éditeur, Drémil Lafage, 1997
References
- 1 2 Hôtel Bernuy
- ↑ Aymar Verdier (1857). "Collège Saint Raymond à Toulouse". Architecture civile et domestique au Moyen âge et à la Renaissance (in French). II. Librairie archéologique de Victor Didron. p. 463.
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