Palais Bourbon
The Palais Bourbon is a large building in Paris. It is on the left bank of the River Seine. Today it is the home of the French National Assembly. It was originally built by Louise Françoise de Bourbon as a large townhouse for her own personal use. It was later the main Parisian residence of the Princes of Condé.
History
Building began in 1722 under the direction of several prominent architects of the day. It was inspired by the "Grand Trianon" in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles. It was built near the Hôtel de Lassay, which was the townhouse of the Marquis of Lassay. He was a nobleman the duchess had began having an affair with some years prior. The two buildings were connected by a corridor.
During the French Revolution the property was seized as a bien national or property of the nation.
Palais Bourbon Media
The National Assembly in session in the Palais Bourbon
The classical portico added to the Palais Bourbon in 1806–08 by Napoleon Bonaparte
Porträt des Marquis de Lassay, Léon de Madaillan de Lesparre (1681-1750)
A meeting of the Corps Legislative in the Palais Bourbon in 1862
A crowd celebrates the proclamation of the Third Republic outside the Palais Bourbon (4 September 1870)
The Palais Bourbon in the 1890s
A German victory banner on the Palais Bourbon in July 1941. It reads "Germany is victorious on all fronts".
salle des conférences
Plan of the ground floor of the Palais Bourbon (1752)
Drawing of the Palais Bourbon in 1730
