In 1685, the Duke of Vendôme sold his properties on Rue Saint-Honoré to Louis XIV. Louvois and Mansart then came up with a grandiose project: to build a veritable administrative city on this site to the glory of the king, which would bring together the king’s library, the mint, the academies, the hotel for extraordinary ambassadors, and the Chancellery of…
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At the end of the 18th century, it housed the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, an institution responsible for furnishing royal residences and maintaining their furniture, then, after the French Revolution, the Ministry of the Navy. Today, the monument is open to visitors every day. Visitors can explore the 18th-century apartments of the Garde-Meuble’s stewards and the 19th-century state rooms. National…