The Republican Guard is part of the French National Gendarmerie. It is responsible for special security duties in the Paris area and for providing guards of honour at official ceremonies in France.
Building at 31, quai de Bourbon in Paris, headquarters of the Republican Guard from 1871 to relocation to the Caserne des Célestins [fr] around 1900
John Kerry and Jean-Marc Ayrault leaving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, surrounded by the Republican Guard
Mounted guards in service dress patrolling near the Louvre
Escorting a rider demonstration in Paris
The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate. The National Assembly's legislators are known as députés or depu
Republican Guard (France)
…the French Republic), the Hôtel Matignon (the residence of the Prime Minister of France), the Luxembourg Palace (the Senate), the Palais Bourbon (the National Assembly) and the Palais de Justice, as well as keeping public order in Paris. Its duties also include ceremonial and security services for the highest national…
Examen du projet de loi sur l'enseignement supérieur et la recherche à l'Assemblée Nationale 2
Deputies wear tricolor sashes on official occasions outside the Assembly or on public marches, like other elected officials in France; former President of the National Assembly Bernard Accoyer is pictured here.
The Palais Bourbon in Paris, where the National Assembly meets
Ceiling paintings in the Library of the Assemblée nationale in the Palais Bourbon, on a series of cupolas and pendentives, are by Eugène Delacroix.