On the last week in Paris caught fire the famous The hotel is Lamber - the mansion XVII century, the in which the the once lived Voltaire. The fire has not could put out the six hours. Have suffered valuable frescoes of and the paintings, in the includi

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last week in Paris lights up the famous Hotel Lambert - the middle of XVII century mansion, which was once home of Voltaire . Fire allegedly happened on the roof, and then the fire spread to the room. Since the building has long been a restoration of the flame without encountering any obstacles, move quickly from room to room. Fire fighting went on for six hours. Caused enormous damage to the Hotel Lambert. Fire and water severely damaged the famous painting "Gallery of Hercules" by Charles Le Brun, a series of frescoes destroyed Eustache Lesueur. The exact cause of fire is not yet clear. It is unlikely that it was arson. Rather, it was due to the passage of the mansion renovations.

mansion, built for the financier Jean-Baptiste Lambert in the 1640s, is an excellent example of French architecture of the XVII century. In the XVIII century with the Marquise Emilie du Chatelet lived philosopher Voltaire. And in the XIX century Hotel Lambert became the political and cultural center of the Polish emigrant diaspora in France. From 1975 to 2007 alone owned Baron Guy de Rothschild. In 2007 the Hotel Lambert acquired for 60 million euros ruling dynasty of Qatar. Plans for the new owners to transform the mansion (construction of parking, lift cars and so on.) Were met with hostility by the defenders of the French cultural heritage. The conflict, which reached the Court resolved only in 2010, when with the Association of Cultural Heritage signed an agreement on the work plan. After the fire, Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani has promised to restore the Hotel Lambert in its former glory.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

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