Hôtel de la Guerre
| Hôtel de la Guerre | |
|---|---|
Façade and entrance gate as seen in 2011. Just passed the building (in the darker colour) is the Hôtel des Affaires Étrangères et de la Marine also built by Berthier to host the archives of the French Royal Navy | |
| Alternative names | Carnot Barracks |
| General information | |
| Status | in use |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| Location | Versailles, France |
| Address | 3, Rue de l'Indépendance-Américane |
| Country | France |
| Coordinates | 48°48′9″N 2°7′17″E / 48.80250°N 2.12139°E |
| Construction started | 1759 |
| Completed | 1760 |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Jean-Baptiste Berthier |
The Hôtel de la Guerre (literally the 'Hotel of the War'), also known as Carnot Barracks, is a building located at 3, Rue de l'Indépendance-Américaine in Versailles, built near the Palace of Versailles. The building was built in 1760 by Jean-Baptiste Berthier, father to the later famed Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier, to bring together the different war offices into one central location (until then, they had been dispersed in Paris, notably at the Bastille and Hôtel de Ville). The building was one of the first buildings built in France which was designed to be 'fire proof' and 'limited the risks of a fire'. The building currently houses the Central Directorate of the Defence Infrastructure Service, part of the French Army.
The building's massive entrance was classified as a historical monument on 1 September 1922, followed by the façade on the street side and roof, classified on 16 September 1929.