Paris : Palais du Luxembourg
The Senate is housed inside the Luxembourg Palace in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, and is guarded by Republican Guards. In front of the building lies the Senate's garden, the Luxembourg Garden, open to the public.
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The palace was built for Marie de Médicis, mother of king Louis XIII of France and of Gaston, duc d'Orléans. Marie de Médicis desired to make a building similar to her native Florence's Palazzo Pitti, and to this effect had the main architect Salomon de Brosse send architect Clément Metézeau to Florence to obtain drawings. Marie de Médicis bought the structure and its fairly extensive domain in 1612 and commissioned the new building, which she referred to as her Palais Médicis, in 1615.
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Nikon D90 + 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6
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Paris : Palais du Luxembourg
The Senate is housed inside the Luxembourg Palace in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, and is guarded by Republican Guards. In front of the building lies the Senate's garden, the Luxembourg Garden, open to the public.
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The palace was built for Marie de Médicis, mother of king Louis XIII of France and of Gaston, duc d'Orléans. Marie de Médicis desired to make a building similar to her native Florence's Palazzo Pitti, and to this effect had the main architect Salomon de Brosse send architect Clément Metézeau to Florence to obtain drawings. Marie de Médicis bought the structure and its fairly extensive domain in 1612 and commissioned the new building, which she referred to as her Palais Médicis, in 1615.
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Nikon D90 + 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6
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© All rights reserved.
© Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission