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)
Château de Vincennes
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The Château de Vincennes is a former fortress and royal residence next to the town of Vincennes, on the eastern edge of Paris, alongside the Bois de Vincennes. It was largely built between 1361 and 13
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…a new residence, the Hôtel Saint-Pol, in the Marais quarter, close to the safety of the Bastille fortress; and later the Louvre Palace and then the Château de Vincennes became the royal residences. The kings of France did not entirely abandon the palace. They returned frequently for ceremonies in the Grand'Salle…
Donjon of the Château de Vincennes
Statue of King Saint Louis at Château de Vincennes
The château behind a boar hunt, by Limbourg Brothers or Barthélemy d'Eyck (1412–1416)
The château by Jean Fouquet (1455)