Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Friedrichstein palace in winter around 1930 Plan and elevation by Jean de Bodt Elevations of Friedrichstein Palace by Richard Dethlefsen (1918) In 1701, Prussia was elevated from ducal status to royal status, and its new king, Frederick I of Prussia (1657–1713), wished to see his kingdom to be provided with some magnificent baroque palaces ...
Crowd outside a butcher shop during the siege of Paris (1871) In the last days of the Paris Commune, the Tuileries Palace was set afire by the Communards and completely destroyed. The rule of Napoleon III came to an abrupt end when he was defeated and captured at the Battle of Sedan of 1–2 September 1870 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War .
It was designed by Pierre Lescot with sculpture by Jean Goujon, and is the oldest existing fountain in Paris. [11] The first Renaissance Palace built in Paris was the Château de Madrid; it was a large hunting lodge designed by Philibert Delorme and erected between 1528 and 1552 west of the city in what is now the Bois de Boulogne. It was ...
Hans-Joachim Kuke: Jean de Bodt 1670–1745.Architekt und Ingenieur im Zeitalter des Barock.Verlag Werner, Worms 2002, ISBN 3-88462-179-3 (in German) Klaus-Ludwig Thiel: Staatsbauentwürfe Jean de Bodts für Friedrich I. in Theorie und Praxis.
This branch owned Friedrichstein Palace from 1666 until 1945. In 1633 all branches of the family were created imperial counts . In 1637 one of the Polish Denhoff branches was granted the title of Imperial Prince , which was later extinguished.
Friedrichstein may refer to: Friedrichstein, former German name of Gęsiniec, a village in Poland; Friedrichstein, Gottschee German name of Fridrihštajn , a mountain peak and former castle of the Blagaj family in Kočevje, Slovenia; Friedrichstein Palace, a former palace near Königsberg in East Prussia, main seat of the Dönhoff family
29 June – Napoleon III installs a huge map of Paris in his office at the Tuileries Palace and he and his new prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, begin planning the reconstruction of central Paris. 21 November – A demonstration of the first tram line between the modern avenue de New York and the Cours-la-Reine.
However, it was not until the 12th century and the reigns of Louis VI (1108–1137) and Louis VII of France (1137–1180) that Paris became the principal residence of the kings, and the term Palais de la Cité (or "Royal Palace") was commonly used. Philip II (1180–1223) placed the royal archives, the treasury and courts within the royal ...