text: Splendidly housed in the Hotel Sal ? ? , a beautifully restored 17th-century mansion , the museum offers a moving portrait of the man , his family , his mistresses , and friends , with letters , manuscripts , photo albums , notebooks , his French Communist Party membership card , bullfight tickets , and some holiday postcards .
  
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  The hotel was left to rot , as no one could afford to restore it .