Editing Blois (section)

=== Hôtels Particuliers and Timber Framing Houses ===

Since Count Louis II of Orléans became King [[Louis XII]] of France in 1498, the city started to host many noblepersons from all the Kingdom. All would build their own mansion as close from the [[château of Blois|château]] as they could. King Louis XII also imported [[Renaissance]] style from Italy due to his successful military campaigns there. Among these so-called ''[[hôtel particulier|hôtels particuliers]]'', there are:
* the ''[[Hôtel d'Alluye]]'';
* the ''[[Hôtel d'Amboise]]'';
* the ''[[Hôtel de Belot]]'';
* the ''[[Hôtel de la Capitainerie]]'' (a.k.a. ''Hôtel de Bretagne'');
* the ''[[Hôtel de la Chancellerie]]'' (i.e.: Chancellery Hotel);
* the ''[[Hôtel Denis-Dupont]]'';
* the ''[[Hôtel d'Épernon]]'';
* the ''[[Hôtel de Guise]]'';
* the ''[[Hôtel de Jassaud]]'';
* the ''[[Hôtel de Lavallière]]'', built for [[Louise de Lavallière]];
* the ''[[Hôtel de Rochefort]]'';
* the ''[[Hôtel Sardini]]'';
* the ''[[Hôtel Viart]]'';
* the ''[[Hôtel de Villebresme]]'', in which [[Denis Papin]] lived;
* the ''[[Château de la Vicomté]]'' (i.e.: ''Château of Viscounty''), in the hamlet of ''Les Grouëts''.

In addition, many citizens from the peoples engineered [[timber-framing]] buildings all across the city, including:
* the ''[[Logis du Loup, Blois|Logis du Loup]]'';
* the ''[[Maison des Acrobates, Blois|Maison des Acrobates]]''.

Please note all the above edifices have been listed as [[historical monument]]s.