Place Vendôme
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The Place Vendôme s a public squerr in Paris, Fraunce. locatit tae the north o the Tuileries Gairdens and east o the Église de la Madeleine. It is the starting point o the rue de la Paix. Its regular architecture bi Jules Hardouin Mansart an pedimented screens canted across the corners give the rectangular place Vendôme the aspect o an octagon. The original Vendôme Column at the centre o the squerr wis erected bi Napoleon I The squerr wis creatit in 1702 in the ring o Louis XV in honour o Louis XIV. It wis the steid o the Hôtel particulier o the César de Bourbon, Duke o Vendôme (an illegitimate son o Henry IV o Fraunce bi Gabrielle d'Estrées)
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Hôtels particuliers on the Place Vendôme:
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