The grand Roman portico added to the Palais Bourbon in 1806-08, Poyet, architect

The Palais Bourbon, a palace located on the Place de la Concorde, Paris, is the seat of the French National Assembly, the lower legislative chamber of the French government. Download high resolution version (2168x996, 382 KB)View of the Palais Bourbon (French National Assembly), front Copyright (c) 2003 David Monniaux File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (2168x996, 382 KB)View of the Palais Bourbon (French National Assembly), front Copyright (c) 2003 David Monniaux File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The quintessential medieval European palace: Palais de la Cité, in Paris, the royal palace of France. ... The Place de la Concorde seen from the Pont de la Concorde; in front, the Obelisk, behind, the Rue Royale and the Church of the Madeleine; on the left, the Hôtel de Crillon. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The Palais Bourbon, front The French National Assembly (French: Assembly national) is one of the two houses of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. ... This article is about the political and administrative structures of the French government. ...

The palace was originally built for Louis XIV's legitimized daughter the duchesse de Bourbon, to a design by an Italian architect Giardini, approved by Jules Hardouin-Mansart. Giardini oversaw the actual construction from 1722 until his death in 1724, after which Jacques Gabriel took over, assisted by L'Assurance and other designers, until its completion in 1728. (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638 – September 1,rance]] and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ... Jules Hardouin-Mansart, marble bust by Jean-Louis Lemoyne: a full-dress Baroque portrait bust demonstrates that the Kings architect is no mere craftsman Jules Hardouin-Mansart (Paris, April 16, 1646 – Marly, France, May 11, 1708) was a French architect whose work is generally considered to be the apex... Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... Events January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. ... Events Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala Births January 9 - Thomas Warton, English poet (d. ...

Rather than a palace, for it was not a royal seat of power, the French termed it a maison de plaisance overlooking the Seine, facing the Tuileries to the east and the developing Champs-Elysées on the west. At the start it was composed of a principal block with simple wings ending in matching pavilions. Bosquets of trees—planted in orderly rank and file—and parterres separated it from the nearby Hôtel de Lassay. In 1756 Louis XV bought it for the Crown, themn sold it to the grandson of the Duchess, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, for whom Jacques-Germain Soufflot directed an enlargement in 1765. The quintessential medieval European palace: Palais de la Cité, in Paris, the royal palace of France. ... This article is about the river in France; it should not be confused with the Senne, a much smaller river that flows through Brussels. ... Up to 1871 the Tuileries Palace was a palace in Paris, France, on the right bank of the River Seine. ... Avenue des Champs-Élysées from Place de la Concorde Looking east along the Champs-Élysées from the top of the Arc de Triomphe The Champs-Élysées (pronounced  audio literally the Elysian fields) is a broad avenue in the French capital Paris. ... A parterre is a formal garden construction on a level surface consisting of planting beds, edged in stone or tightly clipped hedging and gravel paths arranged to form a pleasing pattern. ... Louis Joseph of Bourbon or Louis V (August 9, 1736 – May 13, 1818) was Prince of Condé from 1740 to his death. ... Jacques Germain Soufflot (July 22, 1713 - Paris, August 29, 1780) was a French architect in the international circle that introduced Neoclassicism. ... 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

During the French Revolution the Palais Bourbon was nationalized, and the Council of the Five Hundred met in the palace from 1798. Then, as part of Napoleon's plans for a more monumental Paris, Fontanes, the president of the Corps législatif as it was now called, commissioned the magnificent pedimented portico, added to the front of the Palais that faces the Place de la Concorde from the south. It mirrors the similar classicizing portico of the Madeleine, visible at the far end of the rue Royale. The period of the French Revolution in the history of France covers the years between 1789 and 1799, in which democrats and republicans overthrew the absolute monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. ... The Council of Five Hundred (Conseil des Cinq-Cent), or simply the Five Hundred was the lower house of the Directory (Directoire), the legislature of France from August 22, 1795 until November 9, 1799, roughly the second half of the period generally referred to as the French Revolution. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français... Église de la Madeleine, Paris Léglise de la Madeleine, or Léglise Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (or simply La Madeleine), is a church in the 8th arrondissement of Paris that was designed as a temple to the glory of Napoleons army. ...

In a symptom of the political tone of the Bourbon Restauration, the returning exile, the prince de Condé took possession, and rented to the Chamber of Deputies a large part of the palace. The palace was bought outright from his heir in 1827, for 5.250.000 francs [1] (http://www.assemblee-nat.fr/connaissance/collection/10.asp#P43_28425). The Chamber of Deputies was then able to undertake major work, better suiting the chamber, rearrangement of access corridors and adjoining rooms, installation of the library in a suitable setting, where the decoration and one of the salons were entrusted to Delacroix, later a Deputy himself. Following the ouster of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814, the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne. ... Eugène Delacroix (portrait by Nadar) Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798 - August 13, 1863) was an important painter from the French romantic period. ...

The Chamber of Deputies elected in 1846 was abruptly disbanded by the February Revolution, which oversaw an unprecedented direct election by universal suffrage to convoke a Constituent Assembly that was followed by a National Legislative Assembly in 1849.

The adjacent Hôtel de Lassay, connected by a gallery to the Palais Bourbon, serves as the official residence of the National Assembly's president. This page lists Presidents of the Lower Chamber (or only chamber, as the case may be) of the French parliament. ...

External links

• History of the Palais Bourbon (http://www.assemblee-nat.fr/english/8ai.asp)
• Connaissance de l'Assemblée: histoire et génie des lieux (http://www.assemblee-nat.fr/connaissance/collection/10.asp#P43_28425) (in French)