Palais Bourbon
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The Palais Bourbon is the meeting place of the National Assembly, the lower legislative chamber of the French Parliament. It is in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, on the Rive Gauche of the Seine acro
North façade of the Palais Bourbon
Drawing of the Palais Bourbon in 1730
Louise Françoise de Bourbon, the creator of the Palais Bourbon, shown as a widow (1737)
The National Assembly in session in the Palais Bourbon
Louis Joseph de Bourbon was Prince of Condé from 1740 to his death. A member of the House of Bourbon, he held the prestigious rank of Prince du Sang.
Palais Bourbon
…architects – Lorenzo Giardini, Pierre Cailleteau, Jean Aubert and Ange-Jacques Gabriel – completed the palace in 1728. It was then confiscated from Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, during the French Revolution and nationalised. From 1795 to 1799, during the Directory, it was the meeting place of the Council of Five Hundred, which…
Standing portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier, circa 1753