Luxembourg Palace - Paris

Luxembourg Palace is located on Rue de Vaugirard in Paris, France.  Work on the structure began in 1615 under the guidance of Marie de Médicis, the widow of Henry IV, and mother of Louis XIII.  Completed in 1625, the palace was the royal home of the king's mother.  Marie lived here until 1642, then, over the next hundred years the palace traded hands several times.  First to Gaston, duc d'Orléans, then to Marguerite de Lorraine, then Anne, duchesse de Montpensier, then Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, then Louis XIV, then Marie Louise Elisabeth d'Orleans, Duchess of Berry.  For nearly thirty years after, from 1750 to 1779, the palace was a museum.  Luxembourg then became the home of the comte de Provence, the future Louis XVIII, who resided here until the French Revolution forced him to flee.  In 1799 the palace became the home of Napoleon Bonaparte, who resided here as the head of the French government.  It remained a government building from that time on.  In later years the building served as the headquarters of the Luftwaffe, and it's commander in chief, Hermann Göring, took possession of the palace from 1940-1944.  Since 1958 the building has served as the location of the French Senate.

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