Paris - Place Vendôme

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Place Vendome Description

To the north of the Tuileries is the Place Vendôme, a magnificent square built in the late 17th and early 18th C which has preserved its original form.

The square, then called Place Louis le Grand, was laid out by Jules Hardouin Mansart, one of the leading architects of the "Grand Siècle" under Louis XIV. The facades of the houses were built between 1686 and 1701, but the houses themselves were not completed until 1720. The original intention was that the royal academies, the Mint, the Royal Library and a hotel for foreign envoys should be installed in the square; but the king's financial difficulties forced him to make over the leases to the city of Paris, which then sold them to nobles and wealthy citizens. The new owners built

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Hobbies & Activities category: Architecture - Renaissance; Historic site; Musical activity or concert hall