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Ancient Architecture

ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE

Baroque Architecture

BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE

Castles

CASTLES

France

FRANCE

Interior

INTERIOR

Islamic Architecture

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

Louvre

LOUVRE

Medieval Architecture

MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE

Modern Architecture

MODERN ARCHITECTURE

Palladio,Andrea

PALLADIO,ANDREA

Prehistoric Architecture

PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE

Renaissance Architecture

RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE

Schinkel,Karl Friedrich

SCHINKEL,KARL FRIEDRICH

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The library of Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte in Compiegne.
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The library of Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte in Compiegne.

Military review in front of the Tuileries palace, Paris, in 1810. Oil, 101 x 161 cm RF 60
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Military review in front of the Tuileries palace, Paris, in 1810....

The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, a monument to Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte's victories.
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The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, a monument to Emperor Napoleon I Bo...

La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand lived from 1807 to 1818. Mme de Recamier was a frequent visitor.
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La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene...

La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand lived from 1807 to 1818. Mme de Recamier was a frequent visitor. The double staircase.
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La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene...

The "House of the Slaves" on the Island of Goree, Senegal. From here, slaves were shipped to America. The exit below the double staircase leads to the landing pier.
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The "House of the Slaves" on the Island of Goree, Senegal. From here, slav...

Salle des jeux; a salon where Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie met their friends for evening games; the famous "dictee" imagined by poet Prosper Merimee took place here in the Chateau de Compiegne, favourite residence of Napoleon III.
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Salle des jeux; a salon where Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie met their friend...

"L'hommage a la France", mosaic in the choir of the basilica of Sacre Coeur church financed by public contributions meant to atone for the occupation of France during the War of 1870/71 and the horrors of the Commune. Size of the mosaic: 475 sq. meters.
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"L'hommage a la France", mosaic in the choir of the basilica of Sacre Coeur...

"Le Moulin de Daudet". Here the poet Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) wrote his famous "Letters from my mill" and "The Goat of M. Seguin". The mill overlooks the hills of Provence and the town of Fontevielle.
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"Le Moulin de Daudet". Here the poet Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) wrote his famou...

Paris Opera, opened in 1875. Le Grand Foyer, 54m x 13m. The Opera House is one of the finest examples of Second Empire architecture. Napoleon III ordered the construction but the Opera was only finished under the Third Republic.
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Paris Opera, opened in 1875. Le Grand Foyer, 54m x 13m. The Opera House is one o...

Paris Opera, opened in 1875. The Entrance Hall, seen from the top of the Grand Staircase. The Paris Opera is one of the finest examples of Second Empire style. Napoleon III ordered the construction,but the Opera house was only finished under the Third Republic.
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Paris Opera, opened in 1875. The Entrance Hall, seen from the top of the Gran...

The "Mairie-Ecole," the combined school and town hall is a typical building of the laic, republican France of President Jules Ferry (1832-1893).Ferry was Minister of Education in various governments and introduced free, laic and compulsory primary education (1882).
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The "Mairie-Ecole," the combined school and town hall is a typical building of...