The former Bourbon Palace standing over the Seine is the seat of the French National Assembly. It is a classicist building with a monumental colonnade supporting a triangular tympanum with a stage reminiscent of Ancient Rome.
The palace was built in the first half of the 17th century on the order of Louis XIV. It was intended for his daughter Louise-Françoise de Bourbon. During the French Revolution, it was taken over by the state. In 1795 the Council of Five Hundred moved in, and during the Consulate and First Empire the palace became the seat of the Legislative Body. Since then, until today, the building houses the next legislative institutions of the state. It is now the seat of the National Assembly.
Built in the early seventeenth century, the palace was a regular building, with walls decorated with rustication. A colonnade and tympanum were added to it at the beginning of the 19th century. It is almost identical to that in the church of Saint Magdalena built at the same time. Currently, the building is not made available to unauthorized persons, you can enter it only on the basis of passes.
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