Palais de la Cité
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The Palais de la Cité, located on the Seine River's Île de la Cité, is a major historic building in the centre of Paris, France. It was an occasional residence of the Kings of France from the early 6t
View from the west, c. mid-1410s, in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. From left to right, the Salle sur l'eau, Logis du Roi, and Sainte-Chapelle; upper sections of the still-standing northern front towers, gables of the Grande Salle, and 12th-century circular keep (demolished 1778) are visible behind.
A banquet in 1358 hosted by Charles V of France in the Grand'Salle for his uncle Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor by Jean Fouquet
The Grand'Salle of the Palace in the 16th century, by Androuet du Cerceau
Louis XIV arrives at the Palais de la Cité to preside over a session of the Parlement of Paris (1715)
Conciergerie
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The Conciergerie is a former courthouse and prison in Paris, France located on the west of the Île de la Cité below the Palais de Justice. It was originally part of the former royal palace, the Palais
Palais de la Cité
…following major fires in 1618, 1776 and 1871. Its salient medieval remains are the Sainte-Chapelle, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture, and the Conciergerie, an early-14th-century palatial complex that served as a prison from 1380 to 1914. Most of its other current structures were rebuilt from the late 18th…
The Conciergerie
A banquet hosted by Charles V of France in honour of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor in the Great Hall (1378)