Tuileries

[ twee-luh-reez; French tweeluh-ree ]

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noun

a former royal palace in Paris: begun by Catherine de Médicis in 1564; burned by supporters of the Commune in 1871. The gardens that formed part of the palace grounds remain as a public park Tuileries Gardens.

Tuileries

/ ˈtwiːlərɪ; tɥilri /

a former royal residence in Paris: begun in 1564 by Catherine de' Medici and burned in 1871 by the Commune; site of the Tuileries Gardens (a park near the Louvre)

Arriving at the Valentino show in the Jardin des Tuileries is like attending a film premiere.

The king and queen had already been torn from their palaces at Versailles, and were virtually prisoners in the Tuileries.

The royal family, imprisoned in the Tuileries, were each day drinking of the cup of humiliation to its lowest dregs.

Beyond the faade of the hotel the gardens of the Tuileries were sleeping in the warm night.

Mrs. Admaston's sitting-room at the Htel des Tuileries was a large and beautiful apartment, one of the best in the hotel.

The black masses—the black, blotted masses—of the trees in the Tuileries gardens cut into the sky-line.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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