79 rue de Temple

I always pass this lavish courtyard when I visit the Marian Goodman Gallery, one of the top contemporary gallery’s in Paris. I googled the address and not much came up. I found a piece of information stating it was an 18th century hotel particular (private mansion)where Moliere had premiered his first production of Tartuffe. I especially love the intricate detailing of the iron railings on the sweeping stone staircases and the pristine, manicured lawn and shrubs.

If anyone knows any more information about this building, I would greatly appreciate it if you put in the comments section.

79 rue de Temple, 3d arr.
Metro: Rambuteau

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Comments

[jwiecking]

Yes, you're mostly right, the Hôtel de Montmort, as it was called, is where Molière read Tartuffe aloud. Auditors were host Louis de Montmort and his guests.

[Janice]

I used to live at 79, rue du Temple in the 1st floor apartment (the one with the really tall windows.) It is the Hotel Montmor and was built in 1623 by the Montmor family, who were sponsors of science and academics. The astronomer Gassendi live here for a time and with Montmor developed the a science academy there. It has one of the few sun dials in the architecture (up on the 3rd floor) in Paris. It was a wonderful place to live, great location and I had the best guardien in all Paris : )