Parc de Monceau - XXXI

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CL7kWAOUimxWCaM9s4LTOu6SBJU3TU8r3aPzCBCRVjLiZusklyUhEX1DHH1tXFKLTxA58b5FRy8qJlGZlzx3Qt2I7EtPbcVVWy_G4ndp_0qtA2Ty7qp-1yiFGcx2flHr5JPs551mMgU/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_097DSC_5045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CL7kWAOUimxWCaM9s4LTOu6SBJU3TU8r3aPzCBCRVjLiZusklyUhEX1DHH1tXFKLTxA58b5FRy8qJlGZlzx3Qt2I7EtPbcVVWy_G4ndp_0qtA2Ty7qp-1yiFGcx2flHr5JPs551mMgU/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_097DSC_5045.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Parc de Monceau</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rotunda</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This rotunda at the main entrance of Parc de Monceau </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is in the form of a classical Doric temple.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is known as the Pavilion de Chartres </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and was designed in the late 18th century by Claude Nicolas Ledoux.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The ground floor of the temple was used as a customs house, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">while the upper floor was an apartment with a view of the garden </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">reserved for Phillippe d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a wealthy cousin of King Louis XVI.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Unfortunately, the Duke was guillotined during the Reign of Terror </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in 1793 and the park was nationalized. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Parc de Monceau</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Boulevard de Courcelles</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75008, Paris</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Métro Monceau</i></span></span></div>

Parc de Monceau - XXXI

Parc de Monceau Rotunda This rotunda at the main entrance of Parc de Monceau  is in the form of a classical Doric temple.   It is known as t...

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