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EXPERIENCE Paris: Tuileries and Opéra 7 " ' = swamp until the mid­18th Monet made some 250

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paintings of the water
lilies. About 60 are on
century. It became the place
view in the Musée
Musée de l’Orangerie
Louis XV in 1775, when royal
de l’Orangerie.
architect Jacques­Ange
 E3 ⌂ Jardin des Tuileries,
place de la Concorde 75001
king to design a suitable
q Concorde # 9am–6pm
grand setting for an eques­
Wed–Mon ¢ 1 May am,
trian statue of himself. The
lead ers Danton and
14 Jul, 25 Dec ∑ musee- Gabriel was asked by the du Barry and revolutionary
Robespierre. The blood­
monument, which lasted
orangerie.fr
here less than 20 years, was soaked square was optimisti­
Paintings from Claude Monet’s replaced by the guillotine cally renamed place de la
crowning work, rep resenting (the Black Widow, as it came Concorde, after the Reign of
part of his water lily series, fill to be known), and the square Terror finally came to an end
the two oval upper floor rooms. was renamed place de la in 1794. In the 19th cen tury a
Known as the Nymphéas, most Révolution. On 21 January 3,300­year­old Luxor obelisk
of the canvases were painted 1793 Louis XVI was beheaded, was presented to King Louis­
between 1899 and 1921. followed by over 1,300 other Philippe as a gift from the
This superb work is com­ victims, including Charlotte vice roy of Egypt (who also
plemented by the Walter­ Corday (Marat’s assassin), donated Cleopatra’s Needle
Guillaume collection, including Marie Antoinette, Madame in London), and two fountains
27 Renoirs, notably Young Girls
at the Piano, works by Soutine
and 14 Cézannes, including his
evocative The Red Rock. Pablo
Picasso is represented by
works includ ing The Female
Bathers, and Rousseau by nine
paintings, not ably The Wedding.
Other works include paintings
by the likes of Matisse, Derain,
Utrillo and Modigliani.
8
Place de la Concorde
 E3 ⌂ 75008 q Concorde
One of most magni ficent and
historic squares in Europe, the
place de la Concorde was a
People enjoying a mild
summer evening in the
Jardin des Tuileries
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