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The Théâtre du Palais-Royal is located on the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal, in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais. [53] It has 750 seats. The first theatre was built in 1784 by Victor Louis for the marionette theater of the Count of Beaujolais on its first floor.
By 1960, Palais Royal had successfully expanded and grown into a company with six stores in the Houston area, and one store in Shreveport, Louisiana. In addition to the Palais Royal stores, Palais Royal also operated two stores under the Worth's name in Beaumont, Texas , and one Worth's store in Orange, Texas .
The Galerie de Montpensier is one of the galleries with arcades located inside the Palais-Royal. It runs along the western side of the Palais-Royal Garden. It starts at Montpensier Peristyle and ends at Joinville Peristyle. A passageway starts from the gallery and ends at 24–25 Rue de Montpensier.
Paris in the 17th century was the largest city in Europe, with a population of half a million, matched in size only by London. It was ruled in turn by three monarchs; Henry IV, Louis XIII, and Louis XIV, and saw the building of some of the city's most famous parks and monuments, including the Pont Neuf, the Palais Royal, the newly joined Louvre and Tuileries Palace, the Place des Vosges, and ...
used by the royal family but privately owned as part of the dukedom of Braganza estates. Ribeira Palace: Lisbon: royal residence since 1503, destroyed by 1755 earthquake. Royal Barrack: Lisbon: wooden building that served as royal residence after the 1755 earthquake, destroyed in 1794 and replaced by the Queluz Palace. Alcaçova Palace: São ...
It was named the Rue du Lycée from Thermidor 2, Year VI (July 20, 1798) to April 27, 1814; then it was called the Rue de Valois-Palais-Royal to distinguish it from the Rue de Valois-Saint-Honoré (disestablished in the 1850s) and the Rue de Valois-du-Roule (merged into the Rue de Monceau in 1868).
The Palace of Versailles (/ v ɛər ˈ s aɪ, v ɜːr ˈ s aɪ / vair-SY, vur-SY; [1] French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj] ⓘ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Paris, France.
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Language: French: Budget: $15.4 million [1] Box office: $17.6 million [2] Palais Royal! is a 2005 French comedy film, ...