Hôtel de préfecture des Yvelines

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| name = Hôtel de préfecture des Yvelines

| native_name_lang = fr

| image = Hôtel de préfecture des Yvelines 3.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Hôtel de prefecture of Yvelines, avenue de Paris in Versailles

| location_town = Versailles

| location_country = France

| coordinates = {{Coord|48|48|09|N|2|07|57|E}}

| start_date = 1863

| completion_date = 1866

| architect = Amédée Manuel

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The Hôtel de Préfecture des Yvelines is a freestone building, located in Versailles, France. It is, since 1968, the year of creation of the department, the seat of the prefecture and the departmental council of Yvelines.{{Cite web |date=2014-08-05 |title=Hôtel du Département et de la Préfecture - Histoire du bâtiment |url=https://www.yvelines.fr/publication/brochure-hotel-du-departement-de-la-prefecture/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=Conseil départemental des Yvelines |language=fr-FR}}

Location

The prefecture hotel is located in Versailles, at 11–13, avenue de Paris (avenue which is in the axis of the Palace of Versailles ) at the corner of rue Jean Houdon.

History

The hotel of the prefecture of Versailles was built from 1863 to 1866 on the site of the former royal kennel ({{Langx|fr|Chenil du Roi}}), by the Versailles architect Amédée Manuel on an order from the prefect Édouard Charton.{{Cite web |title=Histoire du bâtiment / La préfecture des Yvelines |url=https://www.yvelines.gouv.fr/Services-de-l-Etat/La-prefecture-des-Yvelines/Histoire-du-batiment |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=www.yvelines.gouv.fr |language=fr}} It was inaugurated on June 19, 1867.{{Cite web |title=L'Hôtel du Département et de la Préfecture du service royal au service de la République |url=https://www.yvelines.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/HOTELDEP.pdf |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=yvelines.fr |page=5 |language=fr}}

In 1870, it became the seat of the Prussian General Staff,{{Cite web |title=Versailles : hôtel de la préfecture et du département |url=https://ignrando.fr/fr/pointsinteret/fiche/details/id/246179 |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=ignrando.fr}}{{Cite web |title=The prefecture of versailles - Historic site and monument {{!}} Versailles |url=https://en.versailles-tourisme.com/the-prefecture-of-versailles.html |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=en.versailles-tourisme.com |language=en}} then during the period of the Paris Commune, it housed the government of Adolphe Thiers and then of Patrice de MacMahon.{{Cite web |date=2016-11-07 |title=Versailles : un concert classique dans les salons de la préfecture |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/versailles-78000/versailles-un-concert-classique-dans-les-salons-de-la-prefecture-07-11-2016-6299772.php |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}} From 1880, it was the seat of the prefecture of Seine-et-Oise, and from 1968, that of the prefecture of Yvelines.

Architecture

The triangular pediment which crowns the central avant-corps of the building is decorated with a bas-relief due to the sculptor Georges Clère, which represents the Oise and the Seine personified.

Hôtel de préfecture des Yvelines

Location

History

Architecture

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