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Around 1700, there was a wave of construction in Paris. The Faubourg Saint-Germain neighbourhood was being endowed with luxurious residences, including the Hôtel Amelot de Gournay on rue Saint-Dominique by Germain Boffrand. This hôtel is particularly noteworthy for the entrance gate, the oval courtyard and its pilastered façade, and the garden. The skilful arrangements made it possible to give monumentality to a building constrained by the narrowness of the plot. On rue de Grenelle, meanwhile, Lassurance built the Hôtel Rothelin (now a ministry) and Cotte, the Hôtel d'Estrées (now an embassy).
The photo shows the garden.
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