Miltoun, Francis · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 206
publican Palaisdu Senat, is but an echo of the four centuriesof aristocratic existence which upheld the nameand fame of its first proprietor, the Due de^iney-Luxembourg, Prince de Tigry, who built it inthe sixteenth century. From 1733 to 1736 Hiepalace underwent important restorations andthe last… … Luxembourg, Elysee, Palais Bourbon 155 In 1791 the Convention thought so little ofit that they made it a prison, and a few yearslater it was called again the Palais du Directoire,and, before the end of the century, the Palaisdu Consulat. This was but a brief glory, asNapoleon transferred his…
Palaces · Parks
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
