The Probert Encyclopaedia of Architecture

TUILERIES

The Tuileries was a former imperial palace in Paris. Construction was started by Catherine de'Medici in 1564 and completed by Louis XIV. It suffered severely at the hands of the mob in 1792, 1830 and 1848 being burned in 1871. In 1883 it was removed, except two wings connecting with the Louvre.
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