Exterior view
by DELAMAIR, Pierre-Alexis, Photo
Pierre-Alexis Delamair designed the H�tel de Soubise to include a courtyard with a peristyle. The fa�ade displays the rigorous compositional symmetry of yellowish stone and gray slate roof typical of Paris. Its two-storey frontispiece carries no marked features except the reclining figures on the pediment (c. 1710).
In 1732, the prince de Rohan was married and he decided to give a fresh, modern decorative appearance to the residence, built a quarter of a century earlier. He commissioned Germain Boffrand to design a new room, which became known as the Salon Ovale de la Princesse.
The photo shows the fa�ade of the building.
View the general plan of the H�tel de Soubise and H�tel de Rohan.