Tuileries Palace, Burned. General View, Alphonse J. Liébert, 1871

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Tuileries Palace, Burned. General View, 1871, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Images approx.: 19 x 25 cm (7 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.), or the reverse, Photographs, Alphonse J. Liébert (French, 1827–1913), On May 23, 1871, as national forces from Versailles pushed to retake the capital, Communards set fire to the Tuileries Palace, the royal residence built by Catherine de Medici beginning in 1564. Expanded by subsequent sovereigns, the Tuileries had been extensively refurbished as part of Napoleon III's New Louvre project and was the palace in Paris most closely associated with his court

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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