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The Hôtel DuPeyrou (DuPeyrou Palace) is a mansion in the city of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

The relatively large Swiss mansion was built between 1765 and 1771 for Pierre-Alexandre DuPeyrou (1729–1794) by the Bernese architect Erasme Ritter (1726–1805). The still mainly original interior of the mansion was executed by highly skilled craftsmen.^[1] The faience stoves were delivered by the Frisching Faience Manufactory from Bern.^[2]

DuPeyrou was immensely rich. His fortune derived from his two slave plantations in Suriname where he was born and where his father was in a high position within the Court of Justice. DuPeyrou was a close friend of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It was DuPeyrou who paid the costs for the first publishing of the complete works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1788 in Geneva.^[1]

DuPeyrou and his wife, Henriette Dorothée de Pury (1750–1818), had no children. In 1799 the mansion was sold to Frédéric de Pourtalès. Afterwards the mansion changed hands several times. In 1858 the city of Neuchâtel bought the mansion and restored it to its former glory. Today the Hôtel DuPeyrou contains a restaurant and it is also used for ceremonial events by the city.^[3]

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Charly Guyot, p. 218
^ Walter A. Staehelin/Robert L. Wyss
^ Hôtel DuPeyrou

Literature and external links

Charly Guyot, Un ami et défenseur de Rousseau: Pierre-Alexandre Du Peyrou, Neuchâtel, Ides et Calendes, 1958
Anne-Laure Juillerat; Claire Piguet; Jean-Pierre Jelmini (2011). DuPeyrou : un homme et son hôtel (in French). Pontarlier-Fleurier: Éditions du Belvédère. ISBN 9782884192187.
Walter A. Staehelin: Keramische Forschungen aus bernischen Archiven. In: Keramikfreunde der Schweiz: Mitteilungsblatt. Nr. 81 (1970), S. 3–34.
Robert L. Wyss: Kachelöfen, in: Bern und die bildenden Künste, in: Illustrierte Berner Enzyklopädie, Bd. IV. Kunst und Kultur im Kanton Bern, Bern 1987, S. 107–109.
Website Hôtel DuPeyrou
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46°59′38″N 6°56′01″E / 46.99396°N 6.93350°E / 46.99396; 6.93350

[b218-1] Charly Guyot, p. 218

[bStaehelinWyss-2] Walter A. Staehelin/Robert L. Wyss

[bHoteldupeyrou-3] Hôtel DuPeyrou

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-[[File:Neuenburg Aufriss Hotel du Peyrou.jpg|thumb|250px|Garden side of Le Palais du Peyrou]]
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-'''Le Palais du Peyrou''' (Peyrou Palace) is a mansion in the city of [[Neuchâtel]].
+The '''Hôtel DuPeyrou''' (DuPeyrou Palace) is a mansion in the city of [[Neuchâtel]], Switzerland.
-The relatively large mansion for Swiss conditions was built between 1765 and 1771 for Pierre-Alexandre Du Peyrou (1729 – 1794) by the [[Bernese]] architect Erasme Ritter (1726 – 1805). The still mainly original interior of the mansion was executed by highly skilled craftsmen. The [[masonry heater|faience stoves]] were delivered by the [[Frisching Faience Manufactory]] from [[Bern]].
+The relatively large Swiss mansion was built between 1765 and 1771 for Pierre-Alexandre DuPeyrou (1729–1794) by the [[Canton of Bern|Bernese]] architect Erasme Ritter (1726–1805). The still mainly original interior of the mansion was executed by highly skilled craftsmen.<ref name=b218>Charly Guyot, p. 218</ref> The [[masonry heater|faience stoves]] were delivered by the [[Frisching Faience Manufactory]] from [[Bern]].<ref name=bStaehelinWyss>Walter A. Staehelin/Robert L. Wyss</ref>
-Du Peyrou was immensely rich. His fortune derived from his two plantations in [[Suriname]] where he was born and where his father was in a high position within the Court of Justice. Du Peyrou was a close friend of [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]]. It was Du Peyrou who paid the costs for the first publishing of the complete works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1788 in [[Geneva]].
+DuPeyrou was immensely rich. His fortune derived from his two slave plantations in [[Suriname]] where he was born and where his father was in a high position within the Court of Justice. DuPeyrou was a close friend of [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]]. It was DuPeyrou who paid the costs for the first publishing of the complete works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1788 in [[Geneva]].<ref name=b218>Charly Guyot, p. 218</ref>
-Du Peyrou and his wife, Henriette Dorothée de Pury (1750-1818), had no childern. In 1799 the mansion was sold to Frédéric de Pourtalès. Afterwards the mansion changed hands several times. In 1858 the city of Neuchâtel bought the mansion and restored it to its former glory. Today Le Palais du Peyrou contains a restaurant and it is also used for ceremonial events by the city.
+DuPeyrou and his wife, Henriette Dorothée de Pury (1750–1818), had no children. In 1799 the mansion was sold to Frédéric de Pourtalès. Afterwards the mansion changed hands several times. In 1858 the city of Neuchâtel bought the mansion and restored it to its former glory. Today the Hôtel DuPeyrou contains a restaurant and it is also used for ceremonial events by the city.<ref name=bHoteldupeyrou>Hôtel DuPeyrou</ref>
-== Literature and References ==
+==References==
+;Notes
+{{reflist|30em}}
+==Literature and external links==
-Charly Guyot, ''Un ami et défenseur de Rousseau: Pierre-Alexandre Du Peyrou,'' Neuchâtel, Ides et Calendes, 1958
+*Charly Guyot, ''Un ami et défenseur de Rousseau: Pierre-Alexandre Du Peyrou,'' Neuchâtel, Ides et Calendes, 1958
+*{{cite book|author1=Anne-Laure Juillerat|author2=Claire Piguet|author3=Jean-Pierre Jelmini|date=2011|isbn=9782884192187|language=fr|location=Pontarlier-Fleurier|publisher=Éditions du Belvédère|title=DuPeyrou : un homme et son hôtel}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->
+*Walter A. Staehelin: ''Keramische Forschungen aus bernischen Archiven.'' In: Keramikfreunde der Schweiz: ''Mitteilungsblatt.'' Nr. 81 (1970), S. 3–34.
+*Robert L. Wyss: ''Kachelöfen'', in: ''Bern und die bildenden Künste'', in: Illustrierte Berner Enzyklopädie, Bd. IV. Kunst und Kultur im Kanton Bern, Bern 1987, S. 107–109.
+*[http://www.dupeyrou.ch Website Hôtel DuPeyrou]
+*[http://www.luxurydreamvilla.gr/ Luxury Dream Villas]
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-[[Category:Canton of Neuchâtel|Neuchatel (capital)]]
+[[Category:Villas in Switzerland]]
+[[Category:Buildings and structures in the canton of Neuchâtel]]
+[[Category:Houses completed in 1771]]
+[[Category:18th-century architecture in Switzerland]]