This was built in 1632 for Cardinal Richelieu, who was governing France on behalf of the young Louis XIII, and was called the Palais-Cardinal. When Richelieu died he left the palace to to the King, who had his own palace across the road and never used the place. On the death of Louis XIII, however, his widow Marie de Médicis moved in with her five-year-old son. As the toddler in question was now - and would remain for over 70 years - Louis XIV, the Palais-Royal became a Royal Palace for the first and last time in its history. Louis XIV soon grew up and moved out, and the Palace passed to his brother and his descendants the Orléans family, who kept it till the Revolution. The Duke of Orleans under Louis XV opened the garden to the public and built the row of shops which surrounds it. ('Now that our cousin has gone into trade' quipped the King, 'I suppose we'll only see him on early closing day.' All the courtiers laughed like drains. This is the only recorded example of a joke cracked by a King of France.)
At one of these shops, in those days a café, Camille Desmoulins leapt onto a table in July 1789 and suggested to the locals that it might be a good idea to storm the Bastille. During the First Republic and the First Empire, the garden became a sort of open-air club, the shops turned into gambling-dens, and the less said about what went on upstairs, the better.
When all this was forced to close down in 1830, Louis-Philippe having come to the throne and being not only respectable but also head of the family that owned the place, it became the cool, quiet, charming place it is today. The bars closed, the shops began to specialise in medals and coins for collectors. There are flats above the shops, much favoured by literary people but horrifyingly expensive. There are trees, pigeons, fountains, shade, nannies and prams. The main building is occupied by the Conseil d'État, a constitutional body of the most boring kind; its courtyard has been invaded by a strange sculpture consisting of striped black and white columns, known to English schoolchildren as 'The 'Umbugs'. There is a sort of well here, where tourists throw coins, so this is one of the places where Parisian small boys practise coin-fishing; French 'silver' coins are made of stainless steel, and can be collected with a magnet on a piece of string.
you just have to cross the Rue de Rivoli to go from the Louvre pyramid to the Palais-Royal.
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There are three bits to the Palais-Royal The main building is Government offices and not open to the public. The theatre is part of the Comédie-Française, and you have to buy a ticket. The gardens are open as a public park, and the apartments surrounding them are among the highest-rent properties in Paris. So only the gardens are open to the public, and entrance is free. Don't miss the Palis-Royal, it's lovely, one of my favourite places in Paris. For forty years of my pictures, see http://www.franceinpictures.com/palroy.htm
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Théâtre du Palais-Royal was created in 1641.
Prix du Palais-Royal was created in 1968.
you just have to cross the Rue de Rivoli to go from the Louvre pyramid to the Palais-Royal.
The Palais Royal in Paris receives approximately 10 million visitors annually.
There is the Louvre, the Palais Royal, le Palais du Luxembourg.......
A Parisian palace is often referred to as a "palais" in French. Some famous Parisian palaces include the Palais Garnier, the Palais-Royal, and the Palais de l'Élysée.
E. Dupezard has written: 'Le Palais-Royal de Paris' -- subject(s): Decoration and ornament, Palais-Royal (Paris, France)
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Dubois has written: 'Description des tableaux du Palais Royal' -- subject(s): Palais-Royal (Paris, France), Catalogs, Art collections, Painting
The Palais-Royal (which at that time was, not unnaturally, called the Palais-Cardinal)
Not any more. It was demolished and built over in the Haussmann era (1860s). The 'passages' (covered shopping arcades) between Rue Lafayette and the Palais-Royal are in its place.
No, Palais Royal is not owned by Belk. Palais Royal is a department store chain that is part of the Stage Stores family, which operates various retail brands. Belk, on the other hand, is a separate department store chain based primarily in the Southeastern United States. While both stores operate in similar markets, they are distinct entities.