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Pavillon de Flore
Summary
The Pavillon de Flore, part of the Palais du Louvre in Paris, France, stands at the southwest end of the Louvre, near the Pont Royal. It was originally constructed in 1607–1610, during the reign of Henry IV, as the corner pavilion between the Tuileries Palace to the north and the Louvre's Grande Galerie to the east. The pavilion was entirely redesigned and rebuilt by Hector Lefuel in 1864–1868 in a highly decorated Napoleon III style. Arguably the most famous sculpture on the exterior of the Louvre, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's Triumph of Flora, was added below the central pediment of the south facade at this time. The Tuileries Palace was burned by the Paris Commune in 1871, and a north facade, similar to the south facade, was added to the pavilion by Lefuel in 1874–1879. Currently, the Pavillon de Flore is part of the Musée du Louvre.
The Pavillon de Flore is in central Paris, on the Right Bank (French: Rive Droite) and is connected to the Louvre. It is directly adjacent to the Pont Royal on the Quai François Mitterrand (formerly Quai du Louvre, renamed on October 26, 2003), which is between the Passerelle Léopold-Sédar Senghor and the Pont du Carrousel. Its geographic coordinates are .
The Pavillon de Flore was part of a larger plan, known as the "Grand Design" (grand dessein) and devised during the reign of King Henry IV, to connect the Louvre Palace and Tuileries Palace. The Grande Galerie was built from 1595, starting at the riverside end of the pre-existing Petite Galerie which ran south from the Palais du Louvre to the Seine, for half a kilometer along the Seine until it reached the Tuileries. The Pavillon de Flore, known at the time as the gros pavillon de la rivière or pavillon du bout de la galerie, marked the endpoint of the new wing and its connection with the Tuileries. The cornerstone of the pavilion was laid in 1607, and its exterior structure was nearly completed by October 1608. Its design has traditionally been assigned to Jacques Androuet II du Cerceau, who is also thought to have designed the adjacent western section of the Grande Galerie.
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