YOU4418864: The lantern tower on the terraces of the Chateau de Chambord, French civil architecture Renaissance style, construction dating back to the 16th century, having as its function the natural lighting of the double-revolution staircase, it bears in its upper part the emblem of Francois 1st, carved salamanders and ends with a carved flower of lilies at the top, marking the culmination of the building and thus symbolizing the royal power. Photography, KIM Youngtae, Chateau de Chambord (Chateau de la Loire), Chambord, Loir et Cher, Centre. / Bridgeman Images
YOU4419041: Facade of the City Hall of Paris, French civil architecture neo-renaissance style, Built between 1533 and 1590 on the plan of architect Dominique de Cortone, known as Boccador (1465-1549), at the location of Maison aux Pillars, headquarters of the Corps de Ville de Paris installed on Place de Greve since 1357, the current building is a reconstruction of the end of the 19th century by architects Theodore Ballu (1817-1885) and Edouard Deperthes (1833-1898), whose facade recalls that of the previous building fire in 1871 under the Commune. Photography, KIM Youngtae, Paris. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4699971: La grande Nef du Musee d'Orsay, 1 rue de Bellechasse, Paris 75007. Architects of rehabilitation between 1980-1986: ACT Architecture and Gae Aulenti. Photography 1986. Former Gare d'Orsay, built by Victor Laloux and inaugurated for the Universal Exhibition in Paris on 14 July 1900. Saving from demolition, the former station became a museum for national art collections from 1850 to 1914. In the foreground, “The Four Parts of the World Supporting the Celeste Sphere”, 1867-1872, sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (Jean Baptiste Carpeaux). / Bridgeman Images