History of Paris

Paris under Henry II
The tournament at the Hotel des Tournelles in 1559 at which King Henry II was accidentally killed ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1547 Jan 1

Paris under Henry II

Fontaine des innocents, Place

Francis I died in 1547, and his son, Henry II, continued to decorate Paris in the French Renaissance style: the finest Renaissance fountain in the city, the Fontaine des Innocents, was built to celebrate Henry's official entrance into Paris in 1549. Henry II also added a new wing to the Louvre, the Pavillon du Roi, to the south along the Seine. The bedroom of the king was on the first floor of this new wing. He also built a magnificent hall for festivities and ceremonies, the Salle des Cariatides, in the Lescot Wing. He also began construction of a new wall around the growing city, which was not finished until the reign of Louis XIII.


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