ALERT ONLINE ESTIMATE NEWSLETTER CONTACT Lyon 70, rue Vendôme 69006 Lyon Tel: + 33 4 72 16 29 44 Fax: + 33 4 72 16 29 45 lyon@debaecque.fr Paris 132 boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris Tel: 01 42 46 52 02 Fax: 01 40 46 83 65 paris@debaecque.fr UPCOMING SALES SALES RESULTS NEWS ESTIMATE THE STUDY ONLINE PAYMENT CLERMONT-FERRAND AUCTIONS PRESENTATION OF THE CITY Prefecture of Puy de Dôme and capital of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand was born from the union imposed by Louis XIII of two cities: Clermont and Monferrand. While Montferrand was founded in the 12th century by the Counts of Auvergne, Clermont dates from antiquity. It is cited in the works of Strabo as Nemossos, metropolis of Arvernes. It then becomes Augustonemetum then Arvernis. Known for its spectacular black stone architecture from Volvic, we still admire the Romanesque Notre-Dame du Port basilica or the Chazerat Hotel, a jewel of the Louis XVI style. It is also evoked by the portrait of Marie-Antoinette de Varenes, first superior and founder of the ladies of Miramon in Clermont-Ferrand in 1732, sold by De Baecque et Associés on July 1, 2009. Or by the series of four handwritten letters by François de La Rochefoucauld (1585-1609), bishop of Clermont then of Senlis and grand chaplain of France, presented in the autograph sale of June 14, 2012. GRENOBLE SAINT ETIENNE CLERMONT-FERRAND VALENCE © De Baecque et Associés - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED