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List of palaces located in France
France has many
palaces throughout its vast territory. The list is incomplete.
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Conciergerie, site of the first royal palace, now part of the
Palais de Justice
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Grand Palais, site of the Universal Exposition of 1900
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Hôtel de Matignon, official residence of the Prime Minister
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Hôtel de Sully
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Hôtel Lambert
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Palais Bourbon, home of the
French National Assembly
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Palais Brongniart, location of the
Paris Bourse (stock exchange)
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Palais de l'Elysée, presidential palace of France from 1848 to 1852, 1874–1940, and then from 1946 until now
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Palais de la Cité, also simply known as le Palais, first royal palace of France, from before 1000 until 1363; now the seat of the
courts of justice of Paris and of the
Court of Cassation (the supreme court of France)
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Palais de la Légion d'honneur
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Palais du Louvre, second royal palace of France, from 1364 until 1789; now the
Louvre Museum
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Palais du Luxembourg, home of the
French Senate
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Palais Royal, originally the home of
Richelieu, it became a royal palace when the young
King Louis XIV, his mother
Anne of Austria, and
Mazarin moved in; later belonged to the
dukes of Orléans; now the seat of the
Conseil d'État and of the Ministry of Culture
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Palais des Tuileries, third royal/imperial palace of France, 1789–1792, 1804–1848, 1852–1870, destroyed in 1871
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Petit Palais, home of the Paris Museum of Fine Arts (Musée de Beaux Arts)
Elsewhere
References
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