French National Assembly Photos

The Palais Bourbon is the home of the French National Assembly (Assemblée nationale), the lower house of the French Parliament. The building (1722-28) was a private palace confiscated by the state during the French Revolution in 1795. Sitting across the River Seine from the Place de la Concorde, Napoleon had the columns & pediment (with a frieze to his victories) added to create symmetry with Madeleine Church. After Napoleon's empire fell the frieze was changed.

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National Assembly part of French Parliament meets in former Palais Bourbon (1722-8) seen from Place de la Concorde across River Seine. Paris, France.	Columns & pediment added (c1806) to Palais Bourbon under Napoleon's First French Empire to serve as French National Assembly. Paris, France. Style: Neoclassical. Architect: Bernard Poyet.	Pediment as replace in 1830 on French National Assembly. Paris, France.	Facade of French National Assembly. Paris, France.

Reformer Maximilien de Sully statue (1810) by Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet in front of French National Assembly. Paris, France.	Facade of French National Assembly. Paris, France.	Gateway to Court of Honor from Rue de l'Université at French National Assembly. Paris, France.	Statue of law in front of gateway to Court of Honor at French National Assembly. Paris, France.

Statue representing law at French National Assembly. Paris, France.	Court of Honor at French National Assembly. Paris, France.


See Also:	Paris Landmarks Place de la Concorde Rodin Museum, Paris Napoleon I