TEC4727362: The Musee Carnavalet, 23 rue de Sevigne, Paris 75003. Architect: Nicolas Dupuis in 1548-1560 and rebuilt in 1660 by Francois Mansart. Detail of the ballroom of the Wendel hotel. Decorative set made in 1925 by the Catalan painter Jose-Maria Sert for the Wendel family mansion. Huge composition evenly covering walls and ceiling, on a silver background, representing the Depart of the Queen of Sheba going to visit King Solomon. Photography 1992 / Bridgeman Images
TEC4728259: The desert of Retz to Chambourcy (Parc et jardin de Chambourcy) Desert de Retz, les Yvelines, Ile de France (Ile-de-France), France. The Desert de Retz, created between 1774 and 1789 by Monsieur de Monville, with pavilions of manure or factories of rare species to achieve the absolute of grace of that period. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4729573: Parc d'Ermenonville “” Jean-Jacques Rousseau”, Oise, Picardie, France. From 1765 onwards, the Marquis Rene de Girardin created a park adorned with factories. Inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his vision of nature and with a moral intention, the Marquis surround himself with the advice of landscape architect Jean-Marie Morel, painter Hubert Robert, who later drew Mereville, Abbe Delille and Scottish gardeners. The park is treated in an English garden and the factories use both romantic style and maconic symbols. The ensemble stretched to the north and south of the castle over a hundred hectares and had about fifty factories of varying importance. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4730563: Parc de Saint-Cloud (Saint Cloud), Hauts de Seine (Hauts-de-Seine), Ile de France. Architecture by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Antoine Le Pautre, 17th century. The castle of Saint-Cloud was burned in 1870 during the Prussian offensive. The ruins were razed in 1891. Apart from the common areas, there are still the Grande Cascade, the Grand Jet, the Basin du Fer a Horseback and other basins. The gardens would have been designed by Andre Le Notre / Bridgeman Images
TEC4724042: Les Invalides, Paris 75007. Architecture of Liberal Bruand and Jules Hardouin Mansart realized between 1671 and 1676. Louis XIV founded by an edit of 24 May 1670 the first French hospital to receive soldiers who had become disabled. He immediately received more than 5,000 residents. Today the hotel houses the armee museums, a library and many administrative services. The Esplanade des Invalides was traced in 1704 in front of the Hotel des Invalides. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4724069: L'Esplanade des Invalides, Paris 75007. Architecture of Liberal Bruand and Jules Hardouin Mansart realized between 1671 and 1676. Louis XIV founded by an edit of 24 May 1670 the first French hospital to receive soldiers who had become disabled. He immediately received more than 5,000 residents. Today the hotel houses the armee museums, a library and many administrative services. The Esplanade des Invalides was traced in 1704 in front of the Hotel des Invalides. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4724111: Dome des Invalides in Paris 75007. Architecture by Jules Hardouin Mansart and Liberal Bruant, 1679-1708. One of the masterpieces of 18th century French architecture. The dome des Invalides built by Hardouin Mansart was designed for the exclusive use of the Sun King. Besides the tomb of Napoleon I, it houses the graves of other great soldiers. / Bridgeman Images