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The Palace of Versailles ( / vɛərˈsaɪ, vɜːrˈsaɪ / vair-SY, vur-SY; [1] French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d (ə) vɛʁsɑj] ⓘ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 19 kilometers (12 mi) west of Paris, France . The palace is owned by the government of France and since 1995 has been ...
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The gardens at Palais Royal are a wonderful place to take a break Back in the 1630s,Cardinal Richelieu, at the height of his powers as Louis XIII's Chief Minister, commissioned a mansion for himself, to be built on land just across the street from the royal palace of the Louvre. The mansion was named after him, Palais-Cardinal, but he was only able...
Pathways at Palais Royal, photo by Mark Craft Just before the French Revolution, Palais Royal passed to Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, a man famous for both womanizing and being short of cash. Thinking he could add to the gardens some rent-paying properties, he built uniform blocks of apartments around three sides of the garden, with arcades and ...
Palais Royal gardens & galerie, photo Palais Royal 1. PALAIS-ROYAL 8 rue Montpensier Enter the gardens from Rue de Valois on the east, Rue de Montpensier on the west, or Rue de Beaujolais on the north. → Palais Royal Website… 1. COMÉDIE FRANÇAIS Place Colette → Comédie Francais Website… 1. LE GRAND VÉFOUR This historic restaurant today holds two Mi...
The Palais-Royal ( French pronunciation: [pa.lɛ ʁwa.jal]) is a former French royal palace located on Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre.
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- 204 Rue Saint-Honoré, Place du Palais-Royal
The women were soon joined by representatives of the rioters, which compromised the safety of the royal family. In the Royal Courtyard, in front of the Palace, the crowd cried “To Paris! To Paris!” The reunited royal family left Versailles on 6 October 1789. In the 19th Century King Louis-Philippe turned it into the Museum of the History of ...
The Royal Chapel. Construction of the Royal Chapel was completed in 1710 at the end of the reign of Louis XIV. It was the fifth – and final – chapel built in the Palace since the reign of Louis XIII. The design was presented to the king by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1699. Unfortunately, the First Architect to the King died in 1708 before the ...
Feb 28, 2020 · The palace was built from 1633-1639 by architect Jacques Lemercier (c. 1585-1654), one of the three most influential French architects (the others being Louis Le Vau and François Mansart) for the Cardinal Richelieu. The Palais-Royal was originally known as Palais-Cardinal as it was the residence of Cardinal Richelieu from 1639 until his death ...
Jul 9, 2019 · July 09, 2019. • 4 min read. Few palaces rival France’s Château de Versailles for sheer opulence. Located on the outskirts of Paris, this former home of French kings offers visitors a chance ...
