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Th* church, built on the ait- of a former eoole- 

 I***!**! di&w'tn !. i* a superb building, 837 fe4 long, and flanked 

 > toww* S10 feHhigh. Between UM towen. mounted upon a 

 ItloUu. i* a beaatiful portion, composed of light Doric column* 

 40 fcet high. *U> which i* nll*ry and Ionic colonnade, with 

 ootamni M f**t in height, the whole surmounted by a balustrade. In 

 froot of UM church U a beautiful fountain by VUoonti. Theseminary 

 is lam phu* building, with accommodation, for above 200 code- 



Th. ChamW of UM Legislative Body of the French empire, 

 fanacrlT UM Clamber of Dcpoti**, and originally part of the Polai- 

 BoorboB, i* remarkable for it* spUndid brad* toward* the river and the 

 PUced.U Concord*. Th* whol* extent of thi* aid* of th. buUding i* 

 8M tat, 1M f**t of which form an advancing central ma* faced by a 

 CurinUiian portico of 12 column*, supporting a pediment covered 

 with oanli*** and mounted ou a stylobato of 2S steps 100 feet wide, 

 and flanked by p*d**t*J* and rtatuea. Notwithstanding that it is 

 only a aingU iatorcolumn in depth, thi* portico make* an exceedingly 

 mawttic appwrauc*. Tb* legiaUUve chamber, which i* behind the 

 portico, i* a umicimle lighted from above, and surrounded by an 

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Along the hne of quay*, between the Chamber of Deputies and the 

 Hint, are many noble (tincture*, among which may be mentioned the 

 Pake* of th* Legion of Honour ; the Palau-d'Orsay, one of the finest 



in th* capital, now occupied by the Council of State and 

 rat office! ; the Palais-de-1'InsUtut, which contains the Mam- 

 rtno library (120,000 rolumes and 4500 manuscript*), and the lil>r..-y 

 of the Institute ; and the Palais-des-Beaux Artu, on the roof of the 

 amphitheatre of which is Paul do la Roche's beautiful picture repre- 

 senting UM different Schools of Painting. The Institute, the principal 

 of the loaned societies of France, occupies the building of the former 

 CoU*g* dea-Qnatn-Nation*. 



The Udtel-dea-Mounaie* , or mint, on the Quai-Conti, near the south 

 end of the Pont-Xeuf, U a noble structure of palatial aspect. It has 

 two fronts of nearly the same extent, 37C feet, one towards the Quoi, 

 UM other in the Bue-Quonegaud. Tbe former is in three divisions, 

 UM centre on* of which has an Ionic order of six columns above the 

 basement, crowned by an attic, against which are statues over the 

 columns and panels between them. There are two series of windows 

 in the height of the order, and 27 on a floor. The whole is marked 

 by great nobleness and simplicity, and is pure in taste. 



The Hutcl-de-Ville, the splendid residence of the prefect of the 

 Seine, UM chief of the municipality of Paris, was commenced under 

 Francois I., and completed in 1606; but it baa received since then 

 many additions and alterations, and the whole building boa been 

 recently restored. IU plan i* a rectangle, with 25 windows in its 

 length on the east and west facades, and 19 windows on the north and 

 oath facade*. Four square pavilions, three stories high, flank the 

 four anglei, and two intermediate pavilions rise in the middle of the 

 longest aide*, besides the graceful bell-tower that springs up above the 

 principal entrance. Between the pavilions the building ia only two lights 

 high, crowned by a lofty flat-roofed attic, in front of which are niches 

 and pedestals with statue* of illustrious magistrates, and on the south 

 facade with allegorical figures representing Justice, Commerce, &c. 

 Th* apartment* of the Hotel-de-Ville are furnished and decorated with 

 unexampled splendour. 



_ The Halle-aux-Blca, or corn-market, is a rotunda whose external 

 diameter is 225 feet, containing within a circular arcade of 25 arches, 

 leaving a dear central space 127 feet in diameter, which was originally 

 an open court, but was afterwards covered in by a dome of iron and 

 copper, with a skylight in the centre, similar to the opening in tho 

 dome of the Pantheon at Rome. The Hallc-aux-Vins, or wine- 

 market, to the north of tho Jardin-des-Plantes, consists of seven large 

 piles of building separating streets named after the most celebrated 



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memorial* of Solly and Henri IV. ; and the great Reserve Granary, 

 Boulevard-Bourdon, which always contains four months' 

 consumption of flour and grain for the capital, and is 2160 feet long 

 by 64 fMt in breadth. Behind the Halle-aux-Vins, opposite the north- 

 w*t angle of UM Jardin-dea-Plantea, is the H6pital-de-U-Pitie, which 

 make* up 600 beds; and immediately west of the hopital is the 

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Th* Bourse U an insulated building standing in the centre of a largo 

 square. 1 1 is in form a parallelogram, measuring 164 feet by 234 feet, 

 and M entirely surrounded by a Corinthian perurtyle of 64 columns, 

 of which there are 1 4 at each end, beside* which there are two other* 

 nmmeJy, behind the second on* from each angle of the west front, the 

 portico bring there two interoolumni in depth. The columns are 

 )to*t high, and rawed upon a solid stylobat* 10 feet high; the 

 extwm. height from the ground to th* top of the attic, or podium 

 above th. entablature, i* rather more than 68 feet The interior con- 

 tain* the tribunal of commerce, wrenl offices, and a Urge central hall for 

 the Kxchange, 1 08 foot by feet (exclusive of the arcades or galleries 



^Eli^V'.K * ur * n ?~ i b<rtn flo o>. nd lighted by a central 

 AJUfJUt in too vault*. 1 roof. 



Nearly on the line between the Bourne and the Tuileries, off the east 



aide or . hulicn, is tho Palais Royal, originally built in 1 ii:2!l 



by Cardinal Hi. In lien, on the sites of the hot*-!- of Rambonil! 

 lurcoeur. At his death the cardinal left it to Louis XIII. ; and li.-n> 

 Loui* XIV. and hi* mother resided during the troubles of the Fromlc. 

 After his accession to the throne, Louij XIV. presented the palace to 

 his brother, the J>uke of Orldaus, in \vhich branch of the Bourbon 

 family it continued till recently. Tho palace was augment 

 and in 1780 the galleries that surround the garden were built, with 

 th* exception of the Oalcrie-d'Orlcaus, completed in 1829 to connect 

 the pavilions that inclose the second court. The father of King Louis 

 Philippe converted the pavilions into an immense bazaar, parcelling 

 them out into little shops. The garden forms a parallelogram, 700 feet 

 long by 300 feet wide ; in the centre is a beautiful fount .in, rising from a 

 Urge basin, on each side of which is a grass-plot bordered with flower- 

 beds, and adorned with fine bronze and marble statues. The r 

 ant* and coffee-houses of the Palais-Royal are very numerously att . 

 and the promenades here, in the evening, when the whole place is 

 brilliantly lighted, arc particularly attractive. The southern portion 

 of tho palace, facing tho great square, is now tho residence of Prince 

 Jerome Bonaparte. It was sacked by the mob in February 1848, whm 

 the valuable battle-pieces of Horace Vcrnet were destroyed. Opposite 

 the Palais-Royal stood the Chatcau-d'Kau, tho scene of a desperate 

 struggle in the revolution of 184S. It has been demolished since. 

 Near the north end of the palace is the Theatre-Francois ; and at the 

 comer of the Rue-Fontoinc-Moliere is a bronze statue of M 

 placed in a niche nearly opposite tho house in which he died. A little 

 farther on, in the Rue-Richelieu, is the Imperial Library, one of the 

 largest in the world, open to all comers from 10 o'clock a.m. till 

 3 o'clock p.m. 



The Column of the Grand Army, in tho Place-Vend6me, is 231 f , . ' 

 high, comprising the pedestal. The column ia built of cut 

 coated with bronze bas-reliefs representing the chief exploits of the 

 Grand Army from its leaving the camp of Boulogne to the peace con- 

 cluded after the battle of Austerlitz. In its general design it is a 

 copy of that of Trajan ; the bronze reliefs were executed by thirty 

 different artists, under the direction of Deuon. The pedestal is like- 

 wise highly enriched ; the diameter of the column is 12 feet 10 inches. 

 In 1814 the bronze statue of Napoleon I., in Rornaii costume, was 

 taken down, and afterwards recast to form the horse of the equestrian 

 statue of Henri IV. ; but a second bronze figure of Napoleon I., in a 

 characteristic dress and attitude, was put up July 28th 1833 : it ia 

 13 feet high. 



The triumphal arch de-1'fitoile, begun by Napoleon I. in 1306 and 

 completed in 1836, is, without exception, the most gigantic work of 

 its kind either in ancient or modern times; the great arch being 

 47 feet 10 inches wide, 96 feet 6 inches high, and 73 feet in depth. 

 This structure is perfectly isolated, and forms a mass whose plan is 

 147 feet by 73 feet, and its height 162 feet, the effect of which 

 extraordinary dimensions is greatly enhanced by its simplicity of 

 form and its solidity, the outline being unbroken by columns and 

 projecting entablatures, and there being only a single opening en each 

 side, namely the large arch in the direction of east and west, and tho 

 smaller one running transversely through the plan from north to 

 south; the height of the latter is 60 feet, and the breadth 27 

 There are no columns or pilasters, and the architectural forms are 

 exceedingly simple, but at the same time prodigiously rich : the entab- 

 lature ia 23 feet deep, and the frieze is entirely covered with figures 

 in relief, besides which the mouldings of the cornice arc carved, as 

 are likewise those of the archivolts and imposts of the arch. If it 

 were remarkable for nothing else, this monument would be eminently 

 so on account of the display of cculpture, there being four colossal 

 groups of sculpture, one on each side of the arch in the east and went 

 fronts, the height of which, including their pedestals, is upwards of 

 56 feet, and that of the figures themselves about 20 feet. Corres- 

 ponding with these, and above the cornice forming the impost to the 

 large arch, are as many large bas-reliefs. The attic also has a great 

 deal of sculptured ornament. The sculptures generally represent the 

 achievements of Napoleon I. and his generals. Within the upper 

 part and attic there is, besides some other rooms, a spacious hall, 

 extending from end to end of tho building. 



The Colonne-de-Juillet, erected on the Place-de-la-Bastille, in com- 

 memoration of the revolution of 1830, is somewhat loftier thau tho 

 column in tho Place-Vcnddme ; the bronze exterior of the shaft consists 

 of 20 cylindrical bands or rings, not attached by cramps, but fitted into 

 each other by grooves. Tho capital is cast in one mass of bronze. 

 On the top is a lantern surrounded by a gallery with a bronze balus- 

 trade, and the whole is surmounted by a bronze statue, 17 feet high, 

 of Liberty, holding a torch in the right hand and a broken chain in the 

 other. The height of the entire structure is 164 feet, and the weight 

 of metal employed is 163,284 Ibs. Near the Column of July is the 

 well-built square of Bes-Vosges, or Place-lloyale, which occupies 

 he site of the ancient Palais-des-Tournelles. Farther east, in the 

 Faubourg St-Antoine, is the Barricre-du-Trone, which ia ornamented 

 with two plain but lofty columns, conspicuous objects from many 

 parts of Paris. It was on this spot that seated on his throne 

 Louis XIV. received the homage of the city on his triumphal entry, 

 August 26, 1660. 



The principal churches of Paris have been already mentioned. Most 



