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The Place des Vosges (French pronunciation: [plas de voʒ]), originally the Place Royale, is the oldest planned square in Paris, France. It is located in the Marais district, and it straddles the dividing-line between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris.
Place des Vosges. The Henry IV style was the predominant architectural idiom in France under the patronage of Henry IV (1589–1610). The modernisation of Paris was a major concern of Henry's, and the Place des Vosges is the greatest monument to his architectural style and urban planning.
East side of the Place des Vosges in Paris, one of the earliest examples of terraced housing. A terrace, terraced house (), or townhouse [a] is a type of medium-density housing which first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls.
Place des Vosges, including the home of Victor Hugo and Café Ma Bourgogne; Maison européenne de la photographie in the Hôtel de Camtobre (1706) Mémorial de la Shoah, including the Memorial of the Unknown Jewish Martyr and the CDJC; Musée Cognacq-Jay; Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme (housed in the Hôtel de Saint-Aignan) Musée des ...
Place des Vosges (1830). The original fountain by Pierre Simon Girard in the Place des Vosges (renamed la place Royale during the Restoration) was replaced in 1830 by the current four fountains, designed by Jean-François-Julien Ménager, a student of Vaudoyer, winner of the prix de Rome, and architect of the City of Paris.
Place Vendôme, Paris. The Place Vendôme (French pronunciation: [plas vɑ̃dom]), earlier known as the Place Louis-le-Grand, and also as the Place Internationale, is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine. It is the starting point of the Rue de ...
The site was chosen to give access to the Place Royale - today the Place des Vosges. The Marais was then an especially fashionable area for the high nobility ; the construction of the Hôtel de Sully fits in a larger movement of monumental building in this part of Paris.
With a land area of 1.601 km 2 (0.618 sq mi; 396 acres), the 4th arrondissement is the third smallest arrondissement in the city.. It is bordered to the west by the 1st arrondissement, to the north by the 3rd, to the east by the 11th and 12th, and to the south by the Seine and the 5th.