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Show TUILErtlEB PALACE. K Only Small TurlloiK ot the Afleo jl llull.lliix, llein.lii. , X Tho flno old pilaio of the Tullerlra VI In Paris haa been terribly destroyed W and Injured; there remain now only ' flj tho north nnd south wings which eon- nect It with the corrcionillng wings M ot the now Louvre, and tho largor part B of even theso remains haa been re- 9 built. The main building ot tho Tull- B eric which fronted tho garden and a fl stretched aero from tho Huo do Ut- oli, nlmnst to tho Pont Hnyal, was, In I 1S71, ruthlessly burned by tho com- I munlsts, before, tho trooim could pro- vent It destruction. Pormcrly the ground on which thl palaca ttood wa covered by tullcrle (tile kilns), heneo Its name. In ISGt Queen Catherine do Medici began to build this palace, anil succeeding Trench klngg finished It. but they did not Hvo there much till alter Iho outbreak of tho revolution; they seem to havo preferred tho Louvre Lou-vre and later on Versailles. It will ho remembered that 1-ouls XVI , aMrlo Antotnetto and tho roal family were compelled to return here from Versailles Ver-sailles nnd were escorted by the people to tho gates of tho palsro. After their attempt to escapa and their recapture nt Vlnconnca, they remained nt the Tulllerle till they were taken to tho prison ot tho Temple. After tho restoration res-toration It was used as the royal and Imperial residence until tho l'r&nco-(Icrmau l'r&nco-(Icrmau war of 1S70. Tha Pavilion da Ploro was used by Marie Antoinette for evening receptions; It Is In tho sooth wings, which has been restored slnco tho flru of 1871, aud I now occupied by the colonial minister and his start, lllght away westward lo the Place do la Concorde, nneo tho bloodstained Place do U Involution, stretch tha airy Tullerln gardens. The larger portion nt th gardens was planned moro than 200 year ago. In the tlmo ot Ixiiil Quntorz. Some of the orange tree, .which ire put out In their tubs In summer time, and form a moat remarkable re-markable avenu alung theso gardens, or ld to be nearly 400 years old. These Ttilleiles garden are especially used a a iciort for children and their nurses, and her may be seen many amuilng and characteristic scene of Parisian life. |