{"id":109668,"date":"2021-05-19T11:42:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T16:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/all-destinations\/a-paris-la-splendeur-retrouvee-de-lhotel-de-la-marine\/"},"modified":"2021-05-21T11:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:01:23","slug":"the-recovered-splendour-of-the-hotel-de-la-marine-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/so-secret\/the-recovered-splendour-of-the-hotel-de-la-marine-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"The recovered splendour of the H\u00f4tel de la Marine, Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four years of restoration works have breathed life back into this gem of 18th-century architecture, which is opening its doors to the public for the first time. SoBARNES was fortunate enough to get a sneak preview of the site four weeks before its inauguration.<\/h4>\n

Could you dream of better timing? Just as France emerges from repeated lockdowns that have put culture to sleep, one of the country\u2019s most marvellous palaces is about to open its doors to the public for the first time since it was built, back in the 18th century. Facing the River Seine on Place de la Concorde stands the H\u00f4tel de la Marine. Ange-Jacques Gabriel, King Louis XV\u2019s chief architect, built the edifice on the monarch\u2019s request. Up to 1789, it housed the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, the royal office for state furnishings, before becoming the French Navy\u2019s headquarters until 2015. Restored in a project resembling time travel, the H\u00f4tel de la Marine is getting ready to welcome its first visitors in June, once the French President has inaugurated the site. But SoBARNES could not wait that long and slipped into this veritable time capsule ahead of schedule.\u00a0 (The videos are all in French, but it\u2019s easy to get the gist)<\/em><\/p>\n