Hôtel de Chabannes, Private mansion in the 4th arrondissement, Paris, France

The hôtel de Chabannes is a private mansion on place des Vosges in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, with a stone facade, tall old windows, and a solid rectangular shape. It stands among other former noble homes, its exterior worn but still showing early 17th-century lines and ironwork details on balconies and railings.

The house was built in the first quarter of the 17th century, when place des Vosges was laid out as a fashionable address for noble families. Its facade and roof gained legal protection in 1920, then the interior staircase in 1953 and the vaulted gallery in 1955.

The building is also known as hôtel de Flers, a reminder that old Parisian homes often carried the names of successive owners. Today its quiet front blends into the daily movement of the square, where people sit on benches, walk under the arcades, and pass by without much notice.

You can see this building from the square and the surrounding arcades, but the interior is not open to visitors. A walk around place des Vosges gives the best view of the facade, and the flat, paved area makes it easy to approach on foot.

Although the house is often called hôtel de Chabannes, an earlier name, hôtel de Flers, points to a different chapter in its ownership. The official protections were added at three different times, suggesting that parts of the interior were valued and registered separately from the outer walls.