French Baroque architecture
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French Baroque architecture, referred to as Classicism in France and more broadly in stylistic analysis when contrasted to its European Baroque counterparts, was a style of architecture that marked th
Palace of Versailles
Château de Maisons-Laffitte by François Mansart, (1630–51)
Palais du Luxembourg by Salomon de Brosse (1615–1620)
Vaux-le-Vicomte near Paris, by Louis Le Vau and André Le Nôtre, (1656-1661)
Les Invalides
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The Hôtel des Invalides, commonly called Les Invalides, is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of
French Baroque architecture
…the King. Notable examples of French Classicism include the east façade of the Louvre, the Grand Trianon of the Palace of Versailles, and the dome of Les Invalides as well as the greater part of Paris architecture in the era of absolutism. In the final years of Louis XIV and the reign of Louis XV, the colossal…
View of Les Invalides from the Eiffel Tower
Mansard's original plan for Les Invalides (about 1700)
Louis XIV views the plans of Les Invalides
Visit of Louis XIV to Les Invalides (about 1706). Painting by Pierre-Denis Martin