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'The Palais De Luxembourg, Paris', 1890. Luxembourg Palace built 1615-1645 to designs of Salomon de Brosse as a royal residence for Marie de' Medici. Refashioned 1799-1805 by Jean Chalgrin, then enlarged and remodeled 1835-1856 by Alphonse de Gisors. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890] (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/The Print Collector)