Hôtel Fumé

The Hôtel Fumé, in Poitiers

The Hôtel Fumé is a magnificent private mansion of Poitiers, with a fine flamboyant Gothic façade. The Poitiers audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this elegant fifteenth- and sixteenth-century residence, today integrated into the university.

The flamboyant Gothic residence

The Hôtel Fumé is one of the finest private mansions of Poitiers, remarkable by its fine flamboyant Gothic façade. Built between the fifteenth and the sixteenth century, it offers a wonderful example of the best that was done at this turning point between the end of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Its façade stands out by its mullioned windows, its turrets, its pinnacles and its sculpted details of great finesse, which make it a jewel of civil architecture. After having belonged to several generations of a rich Poitiers family, of which it bears the name, the building was preserved and integrated into the heritage of the town. It today shelters premises of the University of Poitiers, one of the oldest of France, perpetuating the scholarly vocation of the town. A witness of flamboyant Gothic art and the refinement of the elites, the Hôtel Fumé is a remarkable stop of the discovery of Poitiers.

What to see

You admire the magnificent fifteenth- and sixteenth-century private mansion, with a fine flamboyant Gothic façade adorned with mullioned windows, turrets, pinnacles and sculpted details of great finesse, the former residence of a rich Poitiers family today integrated into the University of Poitiers. The Hôtel Fumé is a jewel of the civil architecture of Poitiers. It is a stop to be discovered, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Hôtel Fumé lies in the historic centre of Poitiers, reachable on foot. You mainly admire its façade from the street; the building shelters university premises whose access follows its own conditions. You discover it during a walk in the old centre.

What style is the Hôtel Fumé of Poitiers?

Of flamboyant Gothic style, built between the fifteenth and the sixteenth century; its façade stands out by its mullioned windows, its turrets, its pinnacles and its sculpted details, and it today shelters premises of the University of Poitiers.

Where is the Hôtel Fumé of Poitiers?

In the historic centre of Poitiers, in France.