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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 ...
Vendôme (/ v ɒ̃ ˈ d oʊ m /, French: ⓘ) is a subprefecture of the department of Loir-et-Cher, France. It is also the department's third-biggest commune with 15,856 inhabitants (2019). It is one of the main towns along the river Loir. The river divides itself at the entrance of Vendôme, intersecting it into numerous different arms.
Place Vendôme, home to the Hôtel Ritz, is the centre of the jewellery trade in Paris. There are also major banks and offices in this area. There are also major banks and offices in this area. Place de la Concorde , to the western end of the Louvre's Jardin des Tuileries , are known for fountains, an Egyptian obelisk and a panoramic ...
The suite features 6-metre-high (20 ft) ceilings, [47] great chandeliers and windows overlooking the Place Vendôme, a massive long gold framed Baroque mirror between the windows, red and gold upholstery and a four-poster bed said to be identical to that in Marie Antoinette's bedroom in the Palace of Versailles. [46]
1705 painting of the place Louis-le-Grand (Place Vendôme) looking north towards the Couvent des Capucines. Louis XIV offered the nuns to rebuild a new convent at his own expense. The plan for the facade of the new convent was designed by the King's architect, Jules Hardouin-Mansart , and provided on April 6, 1686.
Portrait of Jules Hardoun Mansart by Hyacinthe Rigaud, with Les Invalides in background. Jules Hardouin-Mansart (French pronunciation: [ʒyl aʁdwɛ̃ mɑ̃saʁ]; 16 April 1646 – 11 May 1708) was a French Baroque architect and builder whose major work included the Place des Victoires (1684–1690); Place Vendôme (1690); the domed chapel of Les Invalides (1690), and the Grand Trianon of the ...