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Galerie De Montpensier
The Galerie de Montpensier is a gallery in the Palais-Royal in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Description The Galerie de Montpensier is one of the galleries with arcades located inside the Palais-Royal. It runs along the western side of the Palais-Royal Garden. It starts at Montpensier Peristyle and ends at Joinville Peristyle. A passageway starts from the gallery and ends at 24–25 Rue de Montpensier. Name The name of the gallery derives from the proximity of Rue de Montpensier which was named after Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, the brother of King Louis Philippe I. The gallery was originally named ''Galerie Montpensier''. It was renamed ''Galerie des Combats'' in 1840, before it took its current name. Notable buildings *During the Revolution, the ''Café Corazza'' hosted the Society of the Friends of the Constitution before it chose to gather at the Couvent des Jacobins on Rue Saint-Honoré The rue Saint-Honoré is a street in the 1st arrondisseme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
