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In the early 1860s, Napoleon III commissioned photographer Charles Marville to document the city's transformation from medieval architectural hodgepodge to modern metropolis. The results of that project, known as the Old Paris album, are now on display at the National Gallery of Art.

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Kristen Alexandra on Instagram: "Enlightment… This is Palais Rohan in Strasbourg, France, once the residence of the prince-bishops and cardinals from the House of Rohan, an old French noble family from Brittany. It was built in the 1730s from designs by Robert Cotte and is a masterpiece of French Baroque architecture. Since the end of the 19th century, it has operated as a museum, owned by the municipality of Strasbourg. Since the 1920s it has been designated as a ‘Monument Historique’ by…

La Porte Saint-Denis, Paris French School, circa 1820 indistinctly signed lower right oil painting on canvas, framed framed size: 20.5 x 28 inches provenance: private collection, Paris Very fine and rare early view of this bustling Parisian boulevard, indentified as the Saint-Denis area in Paris. The work dates to circa 1820. Painted with delightful attention to detail, the artist has captured the beautiful old buildings, shops and figures going about their day to day business. It is lovely…