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2009: The Eiffel Tower behind L'Orangerie from Jardin des Tuileries

The Musée de l'Orangerie is an art gallery of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings located in the west corner of the Tuileries Gardens next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

The gallery is on the bank of the Seine in the old orangery of the Tuileries Palace.

 

Though most famous for being the permanent home for eight Water Lilies murals by Claude Monet, the museum also contains works by Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri Rousseau, Alfred Sisley, Chaim Soutine, and Maurice Utrillo, among others.

 

 

The Tuileries Garden (French: Jardin des Tuileries) is a public garden located between the Louvre Museum and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.

Created by Catherine de Medicis as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was first opened to the public in 1667, and became a public park after the French Revolution.

 

In the 19th and 20th century, it was the place where Parisians celebrated, met, promenaded, and relaxed.

 

Many sculptures are found in the Tuileries, including works by Aristide Maillol, Henry Moore, Germaine Richier, Auguste Rodin and Gaston Lachaise.

 

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