These charming glass houses offer visitors to the capital an oasis of calm and beauty in the center of the 16th ... More
Auteuil Botanical Gardens
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These charming glass houses offer visitors to the capital an oasis of calm and beauty in the center of the 16th arrondissement. There are glass houses of luxuriant ferns and other forest and mountain plants, as well as tropical carnivorous plants and a palm house. The garden and glass houses are largely the work of Jean Camillie Formige and were originally built in 1895 for the cultivation of plants and flowers for city parks.
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Created in 1629 for Cardinal de Richelieu, this garden has witnessed many of the events that have marked the Palais
Royal's history. Redesigned in the 18th Century by landscape gardener Desgots, it was made smaller by Louis Philippe d'Orléans ...
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The Palais' construction was commissioned in 1615 by princess regent Marie de Medicis, who bought the Duke of Luxembourg's private
mansion and entrusted architect Salomon de Brosse with its transformation into a royal palace. The inspiration for its Renaissance ...
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Built in 1629 for Cardinal de Richelieu, this palace was initially known as the Palais Cardinal. Later it acquired a
reputation as a place of debauchery under Louis XIV's brother, Philippe d'Orleans, while in the 18th Century it became ...
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