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Hôtel Biron

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Hôtel Biron
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View of Hôtel Biron from the garden
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The Hôtel Biron, known initially as the Hôtel Peyrenc-de-Moras and later as the Hôtel du Maine, is an hôtel particulier located at 77 rue de Varenne, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, that was built from 1727 to 1732, to the designs of the architect Jean Aubert.[1] Since 1919, it has housed the Musée Rodin, dedicated to the work of Auguste Rodin.

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Grounds as depicted on the 1739 Turgot map of Paris
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Site plan from Blondel's Architecture françoise (1752)