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François Racine de Monville

He was also noted for originality as an architect, designing two town houses, the Grand and Petit Hotel de Monville, which were built by architect Étienne-Louis Boullée in Paris at the corner of the rue d'Anjou and rue Saint-Honoré in Paris.

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At the court of Louis XV, he was very successful because of his multiple talents; he excelled at fencing, handball, and archery; he was an excellent musician, singing and playing the flute and harp, singing and composing music, in the company of writer Stephanie de Genlis, playwright Pierre Beaumarchais and composer Christoph Gluck.

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Thomas Jefferson designed rooms inspired by the round interior rooms of the column for his own residence in Paris, the hotel de Langeac, and for his house at Monticello, and for the library of the University of Virginia in Charlotteville, .

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