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5 days ago · It got its name from 17th century French Baroque architect François Mansart. It became especially fashionable during the Second French Empire (1852–1870) of Napoléon III, which corresponded with the middle Victorian era in the English-speaking world.
2 days ago · Napoleon III was a popular monarch who oversaw the modernization of the French economy and filled Paris with new boulevards and parks. He expanded the French colonial empire, made the French merchant navy the second largest in the world, and personally
5 days ago · Palace of Versailles. Tourists in the Royal Court at the Palace of Versailles, France. The Royal Gate, an elaborate gold leaf gate, separates the Court of Honour from the Royal Court at the location where the Louis XIV statue once stood.
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5 days ago · Versailles, France. Versailles, town and capital of Yvelines département, Île-de-France région, north-central France, 14 miles (22 km) southwest of Paris. The town developed around the 17th-century Palace of Versailles, built by Louis XIV, the principal residence of the kings of France and the seat of the government for more than 100 years.
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3 days ago · The Louvre has been a repository of sculpted material since its time as a palace; however, only ancient architecture was displayed until 1824, except for Michelangelo's Dying Slave and Rebellious Slave.
- 10 August 1793; 230 years ago
- Musée du Louvre, 75001, Paris, France
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5 days ago · Quick facts. Designer: Gustave Eiffel. Built: 1887–89. Height: 330 meters (1,083 feet) Weight: 10,100 tons.
3 days ago · The Empire style, a second phase of Neoclassicism in architecture and the decorative arts, had its cultural centre in Paris in the Napoleonic era. Especially in architecture, but also in other fields, Neoclassicism remained a force long after the early 19th century, with periodic waves of revivalism into the 20th and even the 21st centuries ...
