The Place des Vosges (French pronunciation: [plas de voʒ]), originally the Place Royale, is the oldest planned square in Paris, France. It is located in... 10 KB (928 words) - 15:41, 1 April 2024 |
XIII among the aristocrats of the Place des Vosges, Louis XIV preferred the company of the tax farmers in the Place Vendôme; each reflecting the group... 22 KB (2,669 words) - 06:41, 18 March 2024 |
The Marais (section Places and monuments of note) Royal Square (Place Royale, current place des Vosges) was designed under King Henri IV of France in 1605, the Marais was the favoured place of residence... 18 KB (1,895 words) - 18:55, 27 December 2023 |
between 1874 and 1882. It also contains the Renaissance square of Place des Vosges, the overtly modern Pompidou Centre, and the lively southern part of... 9 KB (746 words) - 06:18, 30 March 2024 |
Paris (category Populated places established in the 3rd century BC) Palace, and created the first Paris residential square, the Place Royale, now Place des Vosges. In spite of Henry IV's efforts to improve city circulation... 243 KB (24,019 words) - 00:24, 19 April 2024 |
Trocadéro (redirect from Place du Trocadéro) the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, including the Musée national des Monuments Français, in the eastern (Paris) wing, from which one also enters... 14 KB (1,551 words) - 16:14, 19 April 2024 |
Champs-Élysées (redirect from Avenue des Champs-Élysées) lower part of the Champs-Élysées, from the Place de la Concorde to the Rond-Point, runs through the Jardin des Champs-Élysées, a park which contains the... 26 KB (2,961 words) - 21:22, 30 March 2024 |
Île de la Cité (section Quai des Orfèvres) residential square, facing the palace, similar to the square he began at the Place des Vosges a few years earlier. It was named for his son, the Dauphin of France... 48 KB (6,895 words) - 02:11, 15 April 2024 |
Les Invalides (redirect from Hôtel des Invalides) The Hôtel des Invalides (English: "house of invalids"), commonly called Les Invalides (French pronunciation: [lezɛ̃valid]), is a complex of buildings... 27 KB (2,779 words) - 02:59, 22 February 2024 |
was the younger brother of Louis Métezeau, who might have designed Place des Vosges in Paris; the similarity between the two squares is striking. The square... 2 KB (207 words) - 21:31, 21 March 2024 |
The Place de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [plas də la bastij]) is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of... 11 KB (1,223 words) - 22:03, 15 October 2023 |
and produced by his sister Isild Le Besco. Kolia's first role was in Place des Vosges (1991), directed by his mother, when he was barely a toddler. He later... 5 KB (468 words) - 08:16, 27 August 2023 |
au 37 Entrée de l'Hôtel de Coulanges La rue des Francs-Bourgeois, direction la Place des Vosges. "Rue des Francs-Bourgeois". ParisMarais: The Art of Living... 4 KB (293 words) - 08:02, 4 February 2024 |
The Place des Victoires is a circular place in Paris, located a short distance northeast from the Palais Royal and straddling the border between the 1st... 7 KB (789 words) - 21:03, 29 October 2021 |