Days near Paris . high roofs, united bybuildings two stories high. The beautiful twisted staircasein front of the central pavilion was executed by Lemercierfor Louis XIII., and replaces a staircase by Philibert De-lorme. Facing this pavilion, the mass of buildings on theright is the Aile Neuve of Louis XV., built on the site ofthe Galerie dUlysse, to the destruction of the preciousworks of Primaticcio and Niccolo dell Abbate, with whichit was adorned. Below the last pavilion, near the grille,was the Grotte du Jardin-des-Pins, where James V. of 272 DA YS NEAR PARIS Scotland, coming over to marr
Days near Paris . high roofs, united bybuildings two stories high. The beautiful twisted staircasein front of the central pavilion was executed by Lemercierfor Louis XIII., and replaces a staircase by Philibert De-lorme. Facing this pavilion, the mass of buildings on theright is the Aile Neuve of Louis XV., built on the site ofthe Galerie dUlysse, to the destruction of the preciousworks of Primaticcio and Niccolo dell Abbate, with whichit was adorned. Below the last pavilion, near the grille,was the Grotte du Jardin-des-Pins, where James V. of 272 DA YS NEAR PARIS Scotland, coming over to marry Magdalen of France,daughter of Francois L, watched her bathing with herladies, by the aid of a mirror. In the left angle is theJeu de Paume, occupying the site of the Galerie de Chev-reuils, destroyed by fire. Beginning at this corner of thefaQade, the Pavilions de VHorloge and des Amies stand oneither side of the Chapelle de la Sainte-Trinite. The cen-tral is called the Pavilion des Peintures^ because Frangois. CHATEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU. I. collected the works of the great Italian masters there jthe fifth at the right corner is the Pavilion des Reines^ builtby Catherine de Medicis and Anne of Austria. To the west of the Cour du Cheval-Blanc, and commu-nicating with it, is the Cour de la Fontaine, the main frontof which is formed by the Galerie de Frangois I. Thisfaces the great tank, into which Gaston dOrleans, at eightyears old, caused one of the courtiers to be thrown, whom CHATEAU BE FONTAINEBLEAU 273 he considered to have spoken to him disrespectfully. Oneside of the Cour de la Fontaine, that towards the JardinAnglais, is terminated by a pavilion of the time of LouisXV. ; the other, formerly decorated with statues, is at-tributed to Serlio. The fountain from which the courttakes its name has been often changed; a poor work byPetitot now replaces the grand designs of the time of Fran-cois I. and Henri IV. Beyond this court we find (on theleft) the Forte Doree, which faces
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