We have often said here that although certain historical monuments belonging to the State did not necessarily have to remain property of the government (notably private residences), other listed buildings should continue to belong to everyone (...)
The City of Versailles is currently attempting to enact a new urban development plan (called Plan Local d’Urbanisme in French). In a long article, not translated, on our French website, La Tribune de l’Art, we showed how this plan was a serious (...)
The bill just voted by the Senate after the first hearing, and which was supposed to originally concern the sale and transfer of historical monuments belonging to the state, added several measures which, if definitely adopted, would represent a (...)
We had illustrated several of the articles on the Hôtel de la Marine with a picture showing the façade of the monument bearing a large sign “To let. Very beautiful location”. Alas, reality is stranger than fiction : on the Budget Ministry’s website, (...)