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The Bouctot-Vagniez Mansion, in Amiens

The Bouctot-Vagniez Mansion is a superb private mansion in Art Nouveau style of the beginning of the twentieth century, jewel of Amiens. The Amiens audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this elegant residence commissioned by a young wealthy couple, witness of the refinement of the Belle Époque in the town.

The Art Nouveau jewel of the Belle Époque

Difficult to pass in this street without noticing this superb private mansion of the beginning of the twentieth century, commissioned by André Bouctot and Marie-Louise Vagniez, a young wealthy couple who decided to settle in Amiens. Issued from families of prosperous industrialists, they had this prestige residence built in the Art Nouveau style, then at its apogee, to express their success and their taste. The building is a true manifesto of this artistic movement: its façade and its interiors deploy the curved lines, the floral and vegetal motifs, the elegant ironworks, the stained-glass windows, the mosaics and the refined decors characteristic of Art Nouveau, where art invites itself into each detail. The mansion testifies to the refinement and the richness of the industrial bourgeoisie of Amiens in the Belle Époque, era of prosperity before the upheavals of the First World War. Today, the building shelters institutions and is recognised as one of the finest examples of Art Nouveau architecture of the region. An Art Nouveau jewel and a witness of the Belle Époque, the Bouctot-Vagniez Mansion is a fine stop of the discovery of Amiens.

What to see

You admire the superb private mansion of the beginning of the twentieth century, commissioned by the young wealthy couple André Bouctot and Marie-Louise Vagniez, a true manifesto of Art Nouveau whose façade and interiors deploy curved lines, floral motifs, ironworks, stained-glass windows and mosaics, witness of the refinement of the industrial bourgeoisie of Amiens in the Belle Époque. The Bouctot-Vagniez Mansion is an Art Nouveau jewel of Amiens. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Bouctot-Vagniez Mansion lies in the centre of Amiens, reachable on foot. You admire its façade from the street; it is a building that shelters institutions, whose interior access follows its own conditions, which vary. It is best to inquire before coming.

What is the Bouctot-Vagniez Mansion in Amiens?

A superb private mansion of the beginning of the twentieth century, commissioned by the young wealthy couple André Bouctot and Marie-Louise Vagniez; a true manifesto of Art Nouveau, its façade and its interiors deploy curved lines, floral motifs, ironworks, stained-glass windows and mosaics, testifying to the refinement of the industrial bourgeoisie of Amiens in the Belle Époque.

Where is the Bouctot-Vagniez Mansion in Amiens?

In the centre of Amiens, in France.