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Premier arrondissement de
Paris : Le Louvre, le jardin des les Tuileries, la
place Vendôme.
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The past Tuileries palace (fired
under the Paris
Commune )
The name Tuileries make reference
to "tuiles" or roof tiles which the factories produced for centuries
near the present site of the gardens.
In the past, you could sse a palace that resembled the Louvre
and formed the eastern edge of the side of the garden. It was
built by Catherine
de Medicis. The Tuileries Palace enclosed the western side
of the present day Louvre, connecting the Denon and Richelieu
wings. Louis
XIV resided at the Tuileries Palace while the chateau
de Versailles, was under construction. When he left, the
building was abandoned, used only as a theater. Later, Louis
XVI, Marie-Antoinette,
their children and servants, expelled from Versailles were forced
to live there in October of 1789.
The royal family attempted escape. They slipped out of the palace,
but they were recognized by a peasant from the resemblence of
Louis to his coin! They were dragged back to the Tuileries,
now under strict guard. In August 10, 1792 the crowd stormed
the palace in anger. This revolt confirmed in the insurgents'
mind the justification for dismantling the monarchy and establishing
the "Commune", the first government of the people. Louis XVI
was executed on 21 January, 1793.
In 1848 during a revolt, the people of Paris sacked it; it was
restored under Napoleon-III
to a sumptuous palace only to be burned in the 1871 during the
confrontation with another "Paris
Commune" . The accursed palace loomed, charred and
in disgrace for 12 years on the site of the present expanded
Tuileries gardens.
So we have just paintings, drawings to imagine what was the
splendour of the Tuileries Palace in the past. Currently, as
already in the past, one speaks about rebuilding the palace.
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Tuileries garden
drawn by Lenotre
with , in background, the Palace
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Tuileries palace
before the french Revolution
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Invalids giving a
petition to Napoleon during the Guard's Parade in Front
of the Tuileries Palace by Horace
Vernet 1838
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Military review in
Tuileries drawn by Eugène
Lami, engraved by J B Allen 1843
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Louvre and Tuileries
in 1857
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State rooms of the
Tuileries Palace before 1871
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Tuileries
after the firing , seen from the great basin by
Siebe
Johannes
Ten Cate 1880 - 1883
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The Tuileries garden
| The Tuileries
Garden was created in the 16th century and was redone in
the 17th century by Andre
le Notre the famous gardener of Louis XIV. The Garden beacame
a favorite entertainment spot for the general public. The park
provided the visitors with facilities such as cafes, deck chairs
and public toilets as early as 18th century. The Park has been
refurbished in 1990 with the main design kept unaltered. Today
the park also features the Orangerie
museum et the Jeu
de Paume museum. The Tuileries inspired great painters such
as Claude Monet, Pissaro, Manet, Bonnard, Jules René Hervé ,
Edouard Léon Cortès. broad alleys, deck chair, two beautiful
fountains, merry go round, boats for hire, Refreshment bar
and in air coffee make all the charm of the Tuileries. You can
add the, on one side, the splendid sights on the obelisk of
Concorde and the Champs Elysées, on the other side Le Louvre
and the Carousel. If you add that the river Seine and the beautiful
Rivoli street are bordering the garden, you can understand why
such great painters were, and are always, found of the Tuileries. |
The big Tuileries' basin
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Tuileries' basin with
a sight on the obelisk of Concorde and, on background, the
"Arc de Triomphe"
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Sailing ships on
the large basin of Tuileries by Max
Agostini
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Coming of the duchess
of Orleans in the Tuileries by Eugene
Lami
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The garden
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Tuileries garden by
Monet
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Tuileries Garden
by a rainy day by Pissarro
1899
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Tuileries Garden,
by a winter afternoon by Pissaro
1899
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