The west entrance to the Jardin des Tuileries, a sculpted public garden between Place de la Concorde and The Louvre.
The gardens and palace there were begun by Queen Catherine de Medicis
after King Henry II's death in 1559, and the palace there eventually completed by Louis IV in the 1660's.
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East entrance to the Chateau de Vincennes
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Front view of the Chateau chapel
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Rear view of the Chateau chapel
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Looking up the castle wall
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The Chateau de Vincennes Chapel
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Back in Paris at the Place de la Concorde, where King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, among others, were executed by the French First Republic in 1792
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The Odelisk in the Place de la Concorde
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Relaxing by the west fountain in the Jardin des Tuileries
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The eest fountain in the Jardin des Tuileries, with the Place du Carrousel monument in the background
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Relaxing by the east fountain in the Jardin des Tuileries
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Dr. J by the ferris wheel in the amusement park, on the edge of the Jardin des Tuileries
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Once again, the Louvre
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