Tuileries Palace

The Tuileries Palace (French: palais des Tuileries, [palɛ de tɥilʁi]) was a palace in Paris which stood on the right bank of the Seine, directly in the west-front of the Louvre Palace. It was the Parisian residence of most French monarchs, from Henri IV to Napoleon III, until it was burned by the Paris Commune in 1871 and demolished in 1883. Construction began in 1564, originally to serve as a home for Queen Catherine de' Medici, and was gradually extended until it closed off the western end of the courtyard and displayed an immense façade of 266 metres. Since the destruction of the Tuileries, the courtyard has remained open to the west, and the site now overlooks the eastern end of the Tuileries Garden, forming an elevated terrace between the Place du Carrousel and the gardens proper.

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Tuileries Palace ranks #28 of 7,051 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #6 of the 457 mapped in France. Founded 1564, it is older than 39% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 572 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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