In the 16th C. there was the Pré aux Clers, Queen Margot's palace,the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Près. There, in the 19th C., above magnificient cellars, a "lover's pavilion" was built, which in time became an exquisite Directory redidence with a vocation for hospitality. That's how I was born, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Près