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The Luxembourg Palace (French: Palais du Luxembourg, pronounced [palɛ dy lyksɑ̃buʁ]) is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was originally built (1615–1645) to the designs of the French architect Salomon de Brosse to be the royal residence of the regent Marie de' Medici , mother of King Louis XIII .
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The Grand Ducal Palace (Luxembourgish: Groussherzogleche Palais, French: Palais grand-ducal, German: Großherzogliches Palais) is a palace in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is the official residence of the grand duke of Luxembourg , and where he performs most of his duties as head of state of the Grand Duchy, though his principal ...
The Luxembourg Palace (known in French as the Palais du Luxembourg) is a former royal palace in Paris, France. Since 1958 it has been the seat of the French Senate of the Fifth Republic. Brief history. The palace was originally built in 1612 by Marie de' Medici on lands she owned.
The structure is frequently contrasted with the considerably bigger Palazzo Pitti, the location of Queen Marie's 1575 birth. Luxembourg was left to Gaston, Duke of Orleans, by Marie, the Duchess of Orléans, in 1642. Even though its name had not yet been coined, he referred to it as the Palace of Orleans. Upon the death of Gaston, his widow ...
The building was first the city hall of Luxembourg from 1572 to 1795, the seat of the prefecture of the Département des Forêts in 1795, and then the headquarters of the Luxembourg Government in 1817. From 1817, the palace became the residence of the Governor, the representative of the Dutch Grand Dukes.
Aug 1, 2017 · The Luxembourg Palace, known as Palais du Luxembourg, is situated at 15 rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Originally, the palace was constructed according to the designs of Salomon de Brosse, a French architect; the palace was meant to be the royal palace for the mother of Louis XIII of France, the regent Marie de' Medici.
The palace was built for Marie de Médicis, mother of king Louis XIII of France and of Gaston, duc d'Orléans, just near the site of an old hôtel particulier owned by François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Piney-Luxembourg, hence its name (now called Petit Luxembourg, home of the president of French Senate).
