Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-26
: THE DEsTRucT1oR OF THE TUILLERIEs AND
,qs e ta LOUVRE. 90

100 THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TUILLKRIEs AND
ii yi8ls e LOUVRE. ctf
-.-,- The news of the destruction of the Tuil-
go Iefies was received with sorrow by every
silfTIs intelligent being. 1t was royal palace
with extensive gardens, lying between the
Seine and the rue Rivoli, and east of the
ss7Place de Ia Concorde, so named because it
-, occupies the site of a former mandatory
oftiles. fsa TEA ea oFoa q
49, The late building was commenced
in 1854, by Catharine de Medici, wife of
Henry H., according to the plans of lPhili-
,-ybert Delorme and Jean Bullant, who built
the central pavilion, called the pavilion
III EAor1oge,, the two adjoining wings, and
7p the f,avilione by which they are termina-
ted.
TSif9, Henry w., added range of buildings
-, ornamented with large composite pilas-
tiers and lofty pavilion at each end ofthe
Isdi original structure, the whole presenting
:; - si facade three hundred and thirty-six yards
,r,.,, in length by thirty-six in depth, running
sas : at right angles with the river, and in di
ia, rection nearly north and south. The same
100 monarch also commenced the gallery
s-sE fronting the Seine which connects the
p southern extremity Of the building with
81 the Louvre, and which was finished by
Cd Louis XIII. and Louis XIV. The latter
10 harmonized the architecture of the whole
u building, replacing the spherical dome of
IAN the paviiJon de phorJoge by 9 quadrangle
- - lar one and IN ISOS Napoleon I. COM
-. ~ menced a northern gallery along
1.-The rue Rivoli, parallel to that al
5sso5 ready constructed. This was completed
aos by Napoleon Ill, and the Tuilleries and
the Louvre formed one great connected
esq, pile, enclosing the Place du Carrousel,
q, which is separated from the court of the
I>i. original palace of the Tuilleries by an iron
railing. The front of the building, in spite
of glazing architectural incongruities, is
exceedingly imposing, and the interior un-
-cad' surpassed in magnifcence by any royal
.alp residence in Europe. The gardens of the
:. Tuilleries, lying west Of the palace and ex-
tending to the Place de La Concorde, en-
brace quadrangular area of nearly fifty
acres, and are among the most attractive
- public resorts in Paris. After the compile
81 ton of the palace of Versailles, no French
king lived in the Tuilleries until 1889,
when Louis XVI found himself compell-
TrsYed to remove thither from Versailles. On
August 10th, 1892, the Partisan popuiace
oistormed the building and massacred the
Swiss body guard of the king. 1t subse-
quently became the residence of Napoleon
= during the consulate and the empire, and
e~Aof the Bourbons after the restoration.
During the revolution of July, 1880, it was
again taken by the people; and at the ex-
,yapnlsion of Louis Philippe in February,
1s4S, it was for the third time ransacked
'-a9 Until the present war it was the residence
of Napoleon III, who rebuilt the pauiuo,s
ssas de Ftore on the front corner next the
.eiilis river. ss.al
81 s. The accounts of the destruction of the
ss Louvre are conflicting. One telegram says
one-third was destroyed; another says it
was saved. Some accounts of it may not be
uninteresting. 1t was a celebrated public
-,asl building, situated in the western part of
--Isgs the city, near the right bank of the Seiene
It consists of the old and the new Louvre
The old Louvre forms nearly square, 578
= . feet long and 53S feet wide, enclosing a
quadrangle of about 400 feet square, and
S1containing vast collection of sculptures
paintings and other works of art It's east
facade, looking toward the Church of st.
Germain- PAuxerrois, is colorado of
vwo twenty-eight coupled Corinthian columns.
i9u3a and ison of the finest works of architec.
BIO rature of any age or country. The new
81 Louvre inaugurated August 18th, 1857.
ss.sa consists of two lateral piles of buildings.
d. projecting at right-angles from the two
al parallel galleries which join the old Louvre
q with the TuuIeFles, anu FORMING the east
- - ern boundary of the Place du Carrousel
l.s Between the place or square called Napo-
: leon III. and the rue Rivoli they present oni
the east side frontage of nearly three hun
qfH dred feet, intersected by three sumptuous
ssg pavillions, intended to be occupied by
80 the departments of State and of the |
80 Interior, by the administration of the |
telegraphs, by the Imperial library of
the Louvre, and by the permanent exhi-
bition OF fine arts On the other side of |
the square are galleries set apart for peri