Entrance to the Hôtel du Chatelet

In the 1770s Paris was being transformed at an extraordinary speed. Private residences were spinning up along the Champs-�lys�es, as well as in the entire faubourg Saint-Honor� area. The new residences included Mathurin Cherpitel’s 1770 H�tel du Chatelet (at 127 rue de Grenelle, now the ministry of Labour). The photo shows the gate at 127 rue de Grenelle.