LE MUSEE DUPUY-MESTREAU, SAINTES, CHARENTE-MARITIME, FRANCE

An old XVIIIth century residence in Saintes. This mansion was used as a prefecture after the Revolution and today holds the Dupuy-Mestreau Museum. Many regional artwork collections are found there, as well as furnishings, decorations, decorative woodwork and objects of day-to-day life. Ancienne demeure saintaise du XVIIIe si?cle. Cet h?tel a servi de pr?fecture apr?s la r?volution et abrite aujourd'hui, le mus?e Dupuy-Mestreau. On y d?couvre de nombreuses collections r?gionales d''uvres d'art, d'?l?ments de mobilier, de d?cors et de boiseries, d'objets de la vie quotidienne. (Photo by Michel GARNIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)