Hôtel de Chimay

Hôtel de Chimay
Entrance from quai Malaquais (2009)
General information
LocationParis, France

The Hôtel de Chimay (French pronunciation: [otɛl ʃimɛ]), originally the Hôtel de La Bazinière ([la bazinjɛʁ]), is a hôtel particulier, a type of large townhouse of France, built in 1635 on a site that is now at 17 quai Malaquais in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Since 1883, it has been an extension of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, a distinguished National School of Fine Arts.