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The seventeenth-century era
According to what Marquis de Rochegude reported, famous landscape architect André Le Nôtre (1613 – 1700) – a courtier of the Sun King, inventor of the French formal garden as well as designer of the Gardens of Versailles – had a country house right close to the hotel. Le Nôtre loved living in this area because of its quiet, secluded position.
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From Rue de Joinville to Rue du Cirque
In 1847, after the fall of the “July Monarchy” (1830-1848), the historic Rue de Joinville – where today is located the Splendide – is renamed Rue du Cirque because of the summer circus erected in Marigny des Champs-Élysées Square (demolished around the year 1900).
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In the beginning a hôtel particulier
The building now housing the Hotel Splendide is born in 1897 as hôtel particulier, a word which identifies a typical Parisian house, large and luxurious, where a single family lives. Pierre Cardin, the famous cutting-edge stylist who died in 2020, was the owner of many real estates in Paris, including the building that houses the Splendide.
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The beginning of a new splendid age
After Lugano and Rome, on December 2016 the Roberto Naldi Collection hotel group inaugurates a facility also in Paris: the Hôtel Splendide Royal Paris officially opens at number 18, Rue du Cirque, in one of Paris’ most luxurious and elegant districts.
In the same year, the 5-star luxury hotel joins the eminent Relais & Châteaux group, a network of luxury hotels and gourmet restaurants which counts about 500 facilities all over the world.
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A new gourmet gem
In the early 2017 the Splendide inaugurates its restaurant: La Tosca is born as a chic Italian bistrot that offers a contemporary Mediterranean cuisine. In 2023 the cuisine by Chef Raffaele de Mase crowns its success with important awards: three hats in the Gault & Millau restaurant guide and a recommendation in the Michelin Guide. In the same year, it reaches 29th place in the 2023 list of the World’s 50 Best Italian Restaurants.