Tuileries Garden
Formal royal garden stretching from the Louvre to Place de la Concorde, where a palace once stood.
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This guide to the Tuileries Garden in Paris begins at dawn on August 10, 1792, with armed crowds massing at the gates of a palace that no longer exists. You'll hear about the king, the red-coated Swiss Guards and a scrap-paper note that survives, then step back to Catherine de Medici's tile kilns and the straight lines drawn by Le Nôtre. Best heard beside the great round pond, facing the Louvre.
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