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A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 81

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ount.With the reign of Henri II., the son and suc-ce-isor of Francis I., the Renaissance proper inFrance draws to an end. The last Valois,Charles IX. and Henri III., did little work, andyet it was in their reigns that the palace of theTuileries was buUt in its original shape andlarge parts of the… … activity of building, but -with Henri IV. thatmanly and simi)le style took shape whosetraces are to be found especially in the city ofParis, still intact in the Place des Vosgcs, andstill traceable, though nearly ruined, in thePlace Dauphinc. Tiic most showy building ofthis time is the original…

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