Hôtel de Matignon
The Hôtel de Matignon stands in Paris’s seventh arrondissement as the official residence of France’s Prime Minister. Its two-storey main building rises behind a columned portico and a formal courtyard. A balustrade crowns the residence, while three projecting sections shape its façade. The central pavilion carries a sculpted balcony decorated with lion motifs.
Christian-Louis de Montmorency Luxembourg acquired the land in the early eighteenth century for a country park. Jean Courtonne commissioned the mansion in 1722, and its design earned him admission to the Academy of Architecture. Inside, Michel Lange’s wood panelling accompanies stucco work by Jean-Martin Pelletier and Jean Herpin. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand lived there during the nineteenth century, linking the rooms with France’s political history.
The Matignon Accords were signed here in 1936, introducing the forty-hour working week and paid holidays in France. Behind the palace, a three-hectare garden forms Paris’s largest non-public garden.
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