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Italy Renaissance 17th C. 18th C. France Renaissance Paris Louis XIII Louis XIV Louis XV Central Europe 18th C. England 16th C. 17th C. 18th C. |
Architecture and Planning in Paris under King Henry IV (1599-1610)Place Dauphine, Development began in 1599, with resumption of work on the Pont Neuf, which had been started in 1578. The Pont Neuf crosses the Seine at the western end of the Isle de la Cite. In 1604, Marie de Medicis commissioned an equestrian statue of the king, to be located where the bridge crossed the island. The adjacent Place Dauphin was planned in 1607. Image 1 Image 2 Place des Voges (Royal Palace), Site of the Palace of the Tournelles, where Henry II was killed in 1559. In 1563, his widow, Catherine de Medici, proposed development of the site. The project was begun under Henry IV, in 1605. Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5 Image 6 Place de France, Development began in 1610, to designs of Claude Chastillon and Jacques Aleaume. Image 1 |
