Tuileries

Tuileries , former palace in Paris. Planned by Catherine de' Medici and begun in 1564 by Philibert Delorme , it occupied part of the present Tuileries gardens. It was rarely used as a royal residence until 1789, when Louis XVI was forced by the revolutionists to move there from Versailles. He and his family were brought back there after their attempted flight (1792) and their arrest at Varennes. A few weeks later (Aug. 10, 1792) a mob attacked the palace (see French Revolution ). Napoleon I made the Tuileries his chief residence, as did Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis Philippe, and Napoleon III. During the Commune of Paris of 1871, the palace was destroyed by fire. The spendid formal gardens, laid out by Le Nôtre , remain and are connected to the Louvre museum.

Tuileries formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris, laid out by André Le Nôtre in the mid 17th century. The gardens are all that remain of the Tuileries Palace, a royal residence begun in 1564 by Catherine de' Medici and burnt down in 1871 during the Commune of Paris. The name is French and means literally ‘tile-works’, as the palace was built on the site of an ancient tile-works.

Tuileries A French royal residence in Paris built in the 16th century. In June 1792 during the FRENCH REVOLUTION crowds forced their way into the palace, and on 10 August it was attacked, the Swiss Guard was massacred, and the royal family took refuge with the Assembly. The palace was burned down in the 19th century, but the formal gardens laid out in the 17th century remain.