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Élysée

Élysée Palace
Palais de l'Élysée (French)
Paris - palais de l'Élysée - cour 05.JPG
The palace seen from the Cour d'honneur
Élysée Palace is located in Paris
Élysée Palace
Location within Paris
Former names Hôtel d'Évreux
General information
Location France Paris, France
Address 55, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris, France
Coordinates 48°52′13″N 2°18′59″E / 48.87028°N 2.31639°E / 48.87028; 2.31639
Current tenants France President Emmanuel Macron (2017-)
Construction started 1718
Completed 1722
Client France Henri-Louis de la Tour d'Auvergne
Technical details
Floor count 3
Design and construction
Architect Armand-Claude Mollet
Jean Cailleteau

The Élysée Palace (French: Palais de l'Élysée, pronounced: [pa.lɛ d(ə) le.li.ze]) has been the official residence of the President of France since 1848. Dating to the early 18th century, it contains the office of the President and the meeting place of the Council of Ministers. It is located near the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, the name Élysée deriving from Elysian Fields, the place of the blessed dead in Greek mythology.

Important foreign visitors are hosted at the nearby Hôtel de Marigny, a palatial residence.

The architect Armand-Claude Molet possessed a property fronting on the road to the village of Roule, west of Paris (now the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré), and backing onto royal property, the Grand Cours through the Champs-Élysées. He sold this in 1718 to Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Count of Évreux (families: Dukes and Princes of Bouillon and Sedan: La Marck | von der Marck), with the agreement that Mollet would construct an hôtel particulier for the count, fronted by an entrance court and backed by a garden. The Hôtel d'Évreux was finished and decorated by 1722, and though it has undergone many modifications since, it remains a fine example of the French classical style. At the time of his death in 1753, Évreux was the owner of one of the most widely admired houses in Paris, and it was bought by King Louis XV as a residence for the Marquise de Pompadour, his mistress. Opponents showed their distaste for the regime by hanging signs on the gates that read: "Home of the King's whore". After her death, it reverted to the crown.


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