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Paris and Its Environs; With Routes from London to Paris, and from Paris to the Rhine and Switzerland: Handbook for Travellers


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...330 ft. long, and 276 ft. wide, with 25 windows on one side and 19 on the other; it stood in an open situation, and contained three courts within its precincts. The niches contained statues of celebrated Parisians of all ages, down to Bailly, elected mayor of Paris by acclamation at the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789, and Lafayette, commandant of the National Guard in 1789 and 1830. Several of these statues and others in the interior have escaped destruction, though not without serious injury. Among those which have been preserved are a bronze statue of Louis XIV. by Coyrevox, which stood in the first court, an equestrian statue of Francis I. by Cavelier, and an equestrian figure in relief of Henri IV., in bronze, after Lemaire, which was placed over the principal entrance. The splendour-loving metropolis had done its utmost to enable the Prefet de la Seine to discharge his duties with becoming magnificence. The reception and ball-rooms on the first floor were so gorgeously fitted up as entirely to eclipse those of the imperial palaces, and the ceilings of several of the apartments were painted by the eminent artists Ingres, Deiacroix, Lehmann, Miiller, and others. The municipal staff of 500 officials formerly employed at the Hotel de Ville is now established in the Palais du Luxembourg (p. 222). The prefect is the superior officer of the twenty maires of Paris, each of whom presides over an arrondissement (p. xxiv), and of the sous-prefets of the districts of St. Denis and Sceaux. The Hotel de Ville has played a conspicuous part in the different revolutions, having been the usual rallying-place of the democratic party. On 14th July, 1789, the captors of the Bastille were conducted in triumph into the great hall. Three days later, Louis XVI. came in pro...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150582622
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 196
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Weight: 358 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1150582626
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Handbook for Travellers
  • Width: 189 mm


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