The Tuileries Palace was a palace in Paris which stood on the right bank of the Seine, directly in the west-front of the Louvre Palace. It was the Parisian residence of most French monarchs, from Henr
The Tuileries Palace from the Solférino Bridge, mid 19th century. The Pavillon de Flore is to the right
Anonymous watercolour (c. 1650, BnF), showing (from left to right) Philibert de l'Orme's two symmetric wings flanking the staircase pavilion with a dome likely added by Henri IV; the Bullant Pavilion; and the Petite Galerie des Tuileries and Pavillon de Flore, both constructed under Henri IV
The Tuileries Palace (in foreground) and its garden, in plan engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder in 1615
The Tuileries Palace in the 17th century
The Paris Commune was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the
Tuileries Palace
…the west-front of the Louvre Palace. It was the Parisian residence of most French monarchs, from Henri IV to Napoleon III, until it was burned by the Paris Commune in 1871 and demolished in 1883. Construction began in 1564, originally to serve as a home for Queen Catherine de' Medici, and was gradually extended…
A barricade thrown up by the Communard National Guard on 18 March 1871
Children in factory at the forge under the Second French Empire
Louis Auguste Blanqui, leader of the Commune's far-left faction, was imprisoned for the entire time of the Commune.
French National Guard soldier, 1870