. Paris as seen and described by famous writers ... title of King of the French, but he ceased to dwell thereOctober i, 1831. Under the second republic, the Palais-Royale was the residence of the Comptolr descompte and thestaff of the National Guards. At first only sequestrated, itwas afterward confiscated by presidential decree, January23, 1852. Under the second empire, it became the residenceof the King Jerome and his son. Prince picture gallery was sacked in 1848; andPrince Napoleons (allegorical paintings by Hedoin, amongothers) in 1871. It is now occupied by the C
. Paris as seen and described by famous writers ... title of King of the French, but he ceased to dwell thereOctober i, 1831. Under the second republic, the Palais-Royale was the residence of the Comptolr descompte and thestaff of the National Guards. At first only sequestrated, itwas afterward confiscated by presidential decree, January23, 1852. Under the second empire, it became the residenceof the King Jerome and his son. Prince picture gallery was sacked in 1848; andPrince Napoleons (allegorical paintings by Hedoin, amongothers) in 1871. It is now occupied by the Cour desComptes^ and by the Council of State since 1875. At theend of the Montpensier gallery and northeast of the tradepalace, is a little theatre-hall of eight hundred seats, built in 310 PARIS 1785, which has borne the successive names of Theatre deBeaujolais^ or des Marionettes^ Theatre de Mile, de Montansier(the directress) in 1790, Theatre de la Montagne^ and lastlyTheatre du Palah-Royale^ celebrated by the traditional gaietyof its LA MADELEINE PHILIP GILBERT HAMERTON THE church of the Magdalen (Madeleine) is curiouslyconnected with the history of Napoleon I., whohad the incompleted edifice continued with thestrange intention of dedicating it as a temple to the mem-ory of La Grande Armee. Every year on the anniversariesof Austerlitz and Jena, the temple was to have been il-luminated and a discourse delivered concerning the militaryvirtues, with an eulogy of those who perished in the twobattles. This intention was never carried out, and thebuilding, which had been begun in 1764 as a church, wasfinished as a church under the reign of could apparently be more decided in architecturalintentions than the Madeleine as we see it now. It seemsto be plainly a temple, and never to have been intended foranything else. In reality, however, it was begun underLouis XV. as a church, resembling what is now the Pan-theon, and the change of plan was carrie
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