[HN Gopher] Paris's missing palace and the making of the Louvre
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       Paris's missing palace and the making of the Louvre
        
       Author : pepys
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2022-09-04 18:14 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | julienchastang wrote:
       | Very sadly many of France's best treasures are lost mostly due to
       | stupidity. Here are a few:
       | 
       | - Les Halles de Baltard
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       | - Chateau de Saint-Cloud
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       | - Tuileries Palace
        
         | WastingMyTime89 wrote:
         | Burning the Tuileries was an intentional revolutionary gesture.
         | There is no stupidity involved here. Les Halles Baltard were
         | just a fairly traditional covered market. Chateau de Saint-
         | Cloud was destroyed during the Franco-Prussian War.
         | 
         | I really wish people spent less time fetishising old ruins and
         | more time actually building a liveable city. Paris would be so
         | much nicer. Might be even more relevant at the national level
         | actually. France really is a dying country.
        
           | julienchastang wrote:
           | > I really wish people spent less time fetishising old ruins
           | 
           | Somewhat of a valid statement, but the loss of historical
           | patrimony is really a pity. Les Halles de Baltard was most
           | definitely more than a traditional covered market. Paris _is_
           | a livable city assuming you can find and afford a place to
           | live.
           | 
           | > France really is a dying country.
           | 
           | Funny. After having recently returned to the US from a stay
           | in France, I had the opposite impression. France has
           | functioning infrastructure and reasonable prices, the US
           | has...
        
         | Bayart wrote:
         | I wouldn't call them our best treasures. La Grande Chartreuse
         | on the other side...
        
         | pygy_ wrote:
         | Richelieu had unused forts filled with gunpowder and blown up.
         | I suppose it was the most efficient way to get the stones back
         | to build other stuff.
         | 
         | The Regneville castle partially survived the ordeal...
         | 
         | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ch%C3%A2teau+De+Regn%C3%A9...
         | 
         | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ch%C3%A2teau+De+Regn%C3%A9...
        
         | Mayeul wrote:
         | Cluny III
        
       | bambax wrote:
       | Ok, but the last image is NOT of the Tuileries but of the Hotel
       | de Ville (city hall) which also burned in 1871 but is a very
       | different building...
        
         | julienchastang wrote:
         | Yes indeed! Very good catch.
        
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