Hôtel Saint-Pol

About

The Saint-Pol hotel (orthographed alternatively hotel Saint-Paul) is a royal residence formed during the period of the Hundred Years' War in Paris, on the right bank of the Seine, by the meeting of four pre-existing properties whose dolphin, future Charles V acquired from 1361 to 1365. All the buildings disappeared during the subdivision of the land, begun in 1544, which gave birth to the streets of Neuve-Saint-Paul (Rue Charles-V since 1864), the Lions-Saint-Paul and the Cerisaie. These streets belong to the historic Saint Paul district, an integral part of the remarkable heritage site known as Marais.

The Hotel Saint-Pol drew its name from the parish and the church of Saint-Paul-des-Champs to which it belonged. Although located extramural to the east of Philippe Auguste's enclosure, it is from the beginning well protected by the impressive defensive work then called "fort et bastide Saint-Anthoine-lez-Paris" (see Bastille), hurriedly raised from 1356 to 1358, and by the beginning of Charles V's new enclosure, also begun in 1356. Only Charles V and Charles VI established their courts there.

After his death in 1422, the hotel was abandoned...