Jean Beaucé mansion

The Hôtel Jean-Beaucé, in Poitiers

The Hôtel Jean-Beaucé is a fine Renaissance private mansion of Poitiers, with delicate architecture, near the town hall. The Poitiers audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this elegant sixteenth-century residence, built by a rich financier.

The elegant residence of the financier

Right next to the town hall is the fine private mansion of Jean Beaucé, whose delicate architecture immediately arouses curiosity. Its history begins in 1554, when the financier Jean Beaucé, a wealthy man of the town, had this elegant residence built, a testimony of the refinement and the prosperity of the Poitiers bourgeoisie of the Renaissance. The façade, careful and adorned with sculpted details characteristic of the art of the era, illustrates the taste and the know-how of the craftsmen of the sixteenth century. Like other private mansions of the old centre, it recalls that beyond its great religious monuments and its palace, Poitiers keeps a rich civil heritage, the fruit of the wealth of its notables and merchants. A witness of Renaissance architecture and the art of living of the elites of the past, the Hôtel Jean-Beaucé is a fine stop of the discovery of Poitiers.

What to see

You admire the fine Renaissance private mansion with delicate architecture, built in 1554 by the financier Jean Beaucé, with a careful façade adorned with sculpted details, right next to the town hall, a witness of the prosperity of the Poitiers bourgeoisie and of the rich civil heritage of the town. The Hôtel Jean-Beaucé is a fine residence of Poitiers. It is a stop to be discovered, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Hôtel Jean-Beaucé lies right next to the town hall, in the heart of Poitiers, reachable on foot. You mainly admire its façade from the street; it is a residence whose access follows its own uses. You discover it during a walk in the centre.

Who built the Hôtel Jean-Beaucé in Poitiers?

The financier Jean Beaucé, a wealthy man of the town, who had this elegant Renaissance residence built in 1554; its façade adorned with sculpted details testifies to the prosperity of the Poitiers bourgeoisie.

Where is the Hôtel Jean-Beaucé of Poitiers?

Right next to the town hall, in the heart of Poitiers, in France.