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	Wizwo - luxembourg
		Attractions include; Sorbonne (2 km); Louvre (4km); Eiffel Tower (5km); Notre Dame (4km); Palais de Chaillot (5km); Palais du Luxembourg (2km); Gare Montparnasse (0.9km); Jardin du Luxembourg (0.9km).
		Millésime Hôtel is surrounded by famous and well-known monuments and gardens : Orsay Museum, Louvre Museum, Le jardin des Tuileries, Le Jardin du Luxembourg.
		"The Observatoire Luxembourg Hotel is situated in the heart of the Latin Quarter, close to the Jardins du Luxembourg.
	wizwo.com /smartsearch.cgi?keywords=Luxembourg

	paris - monuments - palais / jardins du luxembourg
		paris - monuments - palais / jardins du luxembourg
		The Luxembourg Palace in Paris, the first great example of French classical architecture during the 17th century, was the culmination of the long tradition of the chateau as a building type.
		It was commissioned in 1615 by Marie de Médicis, regent of France, for a site on the Left Bank then occupied by the Hôtel du Luxembourg, from which the name was derived.
	www.monument-paris.com /palais-du-luxembourg.htm

	Luxembourg Gardens
		There is also poor Marie's Palais du Luxembourg to visit (open the first Sunday of the month, by reservation) and the worthwhile temporary exhibits at the Musée du Luxembourg.
		Palais du Luxembourg 15, rue de Vaugirard, call 01.44.61.21.69 to visit.
		The Jardin du Luxembourg is the central feature of an elegant neighborhood brimming with interest quite apart from the garden itself.
	www.chezvous.com /paris/neighborhoods/luxembourg/luxembourg.html

	Paris - View from Tour Montparnasse - 14. Arrondissement
		Jardin du Luxembourg and Palais du Luxembourg to the right.
		Invalides to the left, Pont Alexandre III right in the middle-left, Place de la Concorde in the center ofthe picture, Jardin des Tuileries and Musée du Louvre to the right.
		Ecole Militaire, Parc du Champ de Mars and Tour Eiffel
	www.jellesen.dk /webcrea/places/paris/parismont.htm

	Listed Items Masterpieces of Western Art Database Department of Art History and Archaeology Columbia University
		Bernini, Third project for the Palais du Louvre, Paris, South elevation.
		Bernini, Fourth project for the Palais du Louvre, East façade elevation, 1666, (pen and wash drawing after a model by Mattia de'Rossi, 59.3 x 131.5 cm [23 3/8 x 51 3/4 in]), Statens Konstmuseer, Stockholm
		Bernini, Fourth project for the Palais du Louvre, Paris, Plan, 1666, Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins
	www.learn.columbia.edu /cgi-bin/arthum/item?skip=680 (543 words)

	Registration for Paris meeting
		A 20 minutes en mÃ©tro (lignes 1-7, Palais Royal MusÃ©e du Louvre).
		20 minutes by mÃ©tro (subway lines 1-7, Palais Royal/MusÃ©ee du Louvre).
		SituÃ© au coeur du Paris artistique et historique Ã cÃ´tÃ© du Louvre.
	www.vhl.org /announce/parisreg.htm (543 words)

	Luxembourg Gardens
		There is also poor Marie's Palais du Luxembourg to visit (open the first Sunday of the month, by reservation) and the worthwhile temporary exhibits at the Musée du Luxembourg.
		Palais du Luxembourg 15, rue de Vaugirard, call 01.44.61.21.69 to visit.
		The Jardin du Luxembourg is the central feature of an elegant neighborhood brimming with interest quite apart from the garden itself.
	www.chezvous.com /paris/neighborhoods/luxembourg/luxembourg.html (543 words)

	A PARIS - 2 star hotels in paris
		In this fine 18th century freestone building, located in the heart of Paris, in a quiet street, between the gardens of the Palais Royal and the Museum of the Louvre, the Grand Hôtel du Palais Royal is the ideal strarting point to stroll and discover the fashion, the culture and arts of Paris
		Within a short distance of the Hotel du Palais Bourbon, you will find the Orsay Museum, the Place de la Concorde, Saint Germain des Prés, and the Champs Elysées.
		Located in the heart of the Montparnasse district near the Invalides museum, the Latin Quarter and the Jardin du Luxembourg, the New Parnasse Hotel is a charming, budget hotel.
	www.a-paris.net /A-paris-hotels-02-en.htm (543 words)

	Paris - Beyond the Image # jordan gadd, pittsburgh pa
		- Palais du Luxembourg, 15 Rue de Vaugirard, 6e
		- Palais Bourbon, Place du Palais Bourbon, 7e
		- Eglise St-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 2 Place du Louvre, 1er
	www.egadd.org /parisbeyondtheimage/essay.html (194 words)

	hist_mus_par
		Evacué du Louvre en 1939 avec l'ensemble des collections nationales, le musée de la Marine se déploie enfin au palais de Chaillot à partir de 1943.
		Le musée national de la Marine est installé sur l'emplacement du Palais du Trocadéro, construit pour l'Exposition universelle de 1878, et qui prit le nom de Palais de Chaillot lors de sa reconstruction pour l'Exposition de 1937.
		L’établissement public du musée de la Marine, défini en 1971, placé sous la tutelle du ministère de la Défense, a la particularité exceptionnelle d’être établi simultanément à Paris, où sont rassemblés tous les services de la conservation, et en province, de Brest à Nice, dans huit musées navals des arsenaux.
	www.culture.fr /marine/france/mus_paris/hist_mus_par.html (194 words)

	Le Musee du Louvre - The Louvre Museum
		It was then decided to create a grandiose royal residence by joining the Louvre and the Palais des Tuileries by a series of buildings.
		The Louvre was abandoned as a royal residence when Louis XIV moved the court to Versailles in 1682.
		The royal apartments were sumptuously decorated by Charles Le Brun and others, as the Galerie d'Apollon still bears witness.
	www.discoverfrance.net /France/Paris/Museums-Paris/Louvre.shtml (1970 words)

	Paris hotels avec reservation en ligne
		Within a short distance of the Hotel du Palais Bourbon, you will find the Orsay Museum, the Place de la Concorde, Saint Germain des Prés, and the Champs Elysées.
		This former 19th-century townhouse, renovated in 2003, is situated near the Champs Elysées and the Palais des Congrès.
		The Claret hotel is situated a stone’s throw from the French Finance Ministry, the Palais Omnisports auditorium and the Bercy gardens, next to "Bercy Village".
	www.discount-paris-hotels.net /indexgb/discount3gb.htm (7161 words)

	6e
		Le palais fut vidé de ses collections d'art : les 24 toiles de Rubens qui visaient à renforcer la légitimité de l'italienne Marie de Médicis auprès de la cour se trouvent aujourd'hui au Louvre.
		Elle fut nommée ainsi en référence au palais des Arts, le Louvre, qu'elle reliait au collège des Quatre-Nations (l'Institut).
		Ce palais fastueux devait être le symbole de l'opulence nationale.
	www.parisbalades.com /Arrond/6/6e.htm (7161 words)

	All Paris Hotels at Travel Wand
		The Hotel du Louvre is a four-star hotel, located in the 1st district of Paris, across from the Louvre, the "ComÃ©die FranÃ§aise", and the "Palais Royal".
		Hotel Du Pantheon is a first class hotel, located 12 miles from the Charles de Gaulle Airport in the 5th district, overlooking the place du Pantheon.
		The Hotel Du Centre is a beautiful, Georgian style, first class hotel ideally situated in Paris' popular 9th district; and is within walking distance of the Grands Boulevards Metro Station, which offe...
	paris-hotels.travelwand.com /all-paris-hotels.html (7161 words)

	Musée du Louvre, Paris
		Approaching the Musée du Louvre from the Tuileries Gardens to the west, you pass the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel.
		The Cour Napoléon of the Musée du Louvre, dominated by the pyramidal entrance to the museum, designed by architect I. Pei, which opened in 1989 - a year before I visited.
		Not the Arc de Triomphe, you understand, but a smaller arch, built by Napoleon between 1806 and 1808 as an entrance to the Palais des Tuileries.
	www.mykreeve.net /paris/louvre (7161 words)

	Paris - Musée du Louvre
		It is part of the so-called Grand Ax of Paris which consists of the Grande Arch de la Defense, the Arc de Triomphe at Etoile, the Champs-Elysees, the Obélisque de Luxor at the Place de la Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and continues on to the Louvre.
		In 1564 Catherine de Médicis decided to build a new residence at a site roughly 500 metres west of the old Louvre: the Palais des Tuileries.
		The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel (architects Percier and Fontaine) was built between 1806 and 1808 by Napoleon I following the model of the Arc of Constantine in Rome.
	www.jellesen.dk /webcrea/places/paris/parislouvre.html (7161 words)

	Guidez.net: Your personal travel guide - Where to go? - What to do?
		The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in front of the Musée du Louvre was built between 1806 and 1809 to.....
		Musée du Louvre houses one of the worlds largest art collections as well as being an enormous palace and one.....
		Bourse du Commerce to the west of the Halles is the exchange for coffee and sugar.
	www.guidez.net /place=651/show=sights (7161 words)

	Le Grand Louvre Paris by I.M. Pei
		The intricate steel connections and rods that support the pyramid are a twentieth century expression equivalent to the ornate carving in the masonry facades of the Palais du Louvre.
		The Louvre is the most famous of the Grands Projets (Mitterrand’s 15 billion franc program to provide a series of modern monuments to symbolize France’s central role in art, politics, and world economy at the end of the twentieth century).
		Whether people love or hate the pyramid which sits at the center of the Louvre’s plaza, the project—as large in scope as the image of the pyramid is well known—ultimately has to be appreciated at least for what it has accomplished in practical terms.
	www.galinsky.com /buildings/louvre (368 words)

	Musée du Louvre Museum/Attraction Review Paris Frommers.com
		Between the Seine and rue de Rivoli, the Palais du Louvre suffers from an embarrassment of riches, stretching for almost a kilometer (half a mile).
		Two centuries after its arrival at the Louvre, the Mona Lisa in 2003 was assigned a new gallery of her own.
		At the lowest point in its history, in the 18th century, the Louvre was home for anybody who wanted to set up housekeeping.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/paris/A25285.html (1176 words)

	Palais Royal - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Opposite the north wing of the Louvre, its famous forecourt (cour d'honneur) screened with columns (since 1986 containing Daniel Buren's site-specific artpiece) faces the Place du Palais-Royal, which was much enlarged by Baron Haussmann after the Rue de Rivoli was built for Napoleon.
		The Palais Royal today houses offices of the French national government: the Conseil d'État, the Constitutional Council and the Ministry of Culture.
		Never for long a royal palace, despite the misleading name, it was the home of Richelieu, begun in 1629 (its architect, Jacques Lemercier) and known as Palais Cardinal.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Palais_Royal (656 words)

	Travel Channel :: Paris
		The park's northern boundary is dominated by the Palais du Luxembourg, surrounded by a handful of well-armed guards; they are protecting the senators who have been deliberating in the palace since 1958.
		During the French Revolution it became Le Palais Egalité (the Palace of Equality), because its owner, Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, the king's cousin, professed revolutionary ideas, one of which was to convert the arcades of the palace into boutiques and cafés.
		The palais dates from the 1630s (parts of the original building still remain) and is royal because all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) magnanimously bequeathed it to Louis XIII.
	travel.discovery.com /destinations/fodors/paris/sightsacts_30988_1.html (656 words)

	Pavillon Louvre Rivoli Paris
		In the Heart of Paris, opposite the Musee du Louvre, the Grand Palais and the Opera Garnier, this typically charming Parisian house combines an excellent location with the refined comfort of a 29-room establishment.
		Louvre, Opera Garnier, Palais Royal, Vendome, Forum des Halles Subway: Pyramides (Ligne 7) - Auber (RER A) - Palais Royal (Ligne 1 & 14.
		The Palais Royal was home to Colette and Jean Cocteau.
	manstouch.com /travel/hotel-004.html (567 words)

	Paris, city of the month
		A few steps away from the Opera Bastille and the Palais Garnier, within walking distance of the Place des Vosges, the hotel « Les Jardins du Marais» is set in the historical heart of Paris, in the trendy and atmospheric Marais district.
		Backstage, the Palais Garnier is home to some 70 stage technicians and Ballet de l’Opéra company, one of the most famous in the world.
		Since 1994, the Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille have been brought together under the banner of the Opéra National de Paris.
	www.music-opera.com /site_english/ville_paris_e.htm (3102 words)

	Le Nestour
		Cour Carrée du Louvre, he created the immense scenic structure.
		It is under their guidance that he was engaged at the Palais Garnier.
		His scenographic adaptations made possible the interpretations of repertory ballets in places like the Palais des Sports in Madrid, the auditorium Maurice Ravel in Lyon and the Palais des Congrès in Paris.
	www.imagidanse.com /english/artistes/createurs/le_nestour.html (251 words)

	But George Feydeau was talking about ...
		La restauration du Palais Garnier se poursuivra jusqu'en 2007.
		Several weeks later, when he returned to collect them he found the bees had not waited his return to go pollen collecting but had discovered for themselves the abundance of the gardens of the Louvre and Palais Royal, as well as nearby flowering balconies.
		On sale at the Palais Garnier souvenir shop for 11 euros per 125 grammes, this unusual brand of honey with its delicately spicy flavour is also sold by Fauchon, Paris's best-known luxury grocers.
	www.justabovesunset.com /id462.html (1223 words)

	Palais Royal - Paris - France
		Richelieu en 1642 acquiert ce terrain près du Louvre afin d'y édifier le Palais Cardinal.
		Le Palais Royal est principalement constitué d'un corps central et de ses deux ailes entourant la cours d'honneur à laquelle on accède par le passage sous voûte.
		Dès lors, le Palais Cardinal s'appella le Palais Royal.
	www.paris-tourism.com /paris/fr/patrimoine_loisirs/monuments/178.html (428 words)

	Paris - Westward From The Place De La Concorde
		She planned the Champs-Elysees, she built the Palais du Luxembourg and added to the Louvre.
		Later in the eighteenth century the Palais de 1'Elysee was inhabited by the Duchesse de Bourbon, mother of the Due d'Enghien, who was done to death by Napoleon.
		Between the First and Second Empire the Palais de l' Elysee was for a time occupied by the Duc de Bordeaux, grandson of Charles X., who might have been King of France had he not possessed to the full the Bourbon quality of learning nothing and forgetting nothing.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles04/paris2.shtml (428 words)

	paris - monuments - palais / jardins du luxembourg
		paris - monuments - palais / jardins du luxembourg
		The Luxembourg Palace in Paris, the first great example of French classical architecture during the 17th century, was the culmination of the long tradition of the chateau as a building type.
		It was commissioned in 1615 by Marie de Médicis, regent of France, for a site on the Left Bank then occupied by the Hôtel du Luxembourg, from which the name was derived.
	www.monument-paris.com /palais-du-luxembourg.htm (428 words)

	Musée du Louvre
		Le palais du Louvre, demeure de rois de France avant que Louis XIV s'installe à Versailles, s'étire sur 700 mètres le long des quais de la rive droite, au coeur de Paris.
		Du fait des grèves et des attentats du 11 septembre, cette fréquentation a reculé de 14,75% durant l'année 2001.
		Plus grand musée du monde de par sa taille et la richesse de ses collections, il s'inscrit dans une perspective de plusieurs kilomètres qui traverse le jardin des Tuileries, la place de la Concorde, l'avenue des Champs-Elysées et la place de l'Etoile pour se terminer par la Grande Arche de la Défense.
	www.insecula.com /musee/M0001.html (428 words)

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