HOTEL GROSLOT

This private Renaissance hotel was built from 1530 to 1550 by Jacques I Androuet du Hoop for King's adviser Jacques Groslot, also bailiff of Orleans between 1521 and 1545. Former City Hall (the present is opposite), it remains one of its most visited places and certainly its most beautiful building. Its richly furnished rooms in the th century style are used to accommodate the city's official visitors. It also celebrates weddings. In this dwelling, the breath of history remains alive. King François II, Marie Stuart and Catherine de Médicis came to assemble the kingdom's general states in 1560. François II, after fainted to Saint-Via, was transported there before he died on 5 December 1560 at the age of 16, despite Ambroise Paré's efforts. The Hotel then went to the hands of Jacques Groslot's widow, Jeanne Garrault, and then to his son Henri and his son, Jérôme, one of the leaders of the Protestant party in Orléans during the religious wars. In 1569, King Charles IX met with the orléanaise Marie Touchet, who will become his favorite. The building was bought by the City in 1738 and amended in 1792 to host the town hall. It was then expanded in the th century. The interior of the building was restored in 1850 by the architect Delton. You will discover paintings, tapestries of Aubusson and many memories of Joan d'Arc. In the garden there are vestiges of Saint James chapel.