Tuileries Garden
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The Tuileries Garden is a public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Created by Catherine de' Medici as the garden of the Tuileries Palac
Grande Allée of the Tuileries Garden, looking towards the Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe
Plan for the palace and gardens by Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau, 1576–1579
Garden of Louis XIII in 1649–51
Tuileries Garden of Le Nôtre in the 17th century, looking west toward the future Champs-Élysées, engraving by Gabriel Perelle
Medieval Louvre Castle
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The Louvre Castle, also referred to as the Medieval Louvre, was a castle begun by Philip II of France on the right bank of the Seine, to reinforce the city wall he had built around Paris. Over time, i
The castle in the 15th century as illustrated in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
The Louvre pictured in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1410s
![The Louvre pictured in the Altarpiece of the Parlement de Paris [fr], mid-15th century](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Tour_de_Nesle_and_Louvre_castle_on_the_Crucifixion_of_the_Parlement_of_Paris.jpg/500px-Tour_de_Nesle_and_Louvre_castle_on_the_Crucifixion_of_the_Parlement_of_Paris.jpg)
The Louvre pictured in the Altarpiece of the Parlement de Paris [fr], mid-15th century
The Louvre seen from the south, pictured in the Pietà of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, late 15th century