1840 – Colonne de Juillet, Place de la Bastille, Paris, France
Architect: Jean Antoine Alavoine
Previously the site of the Bastille,
Previously the site of the Bastille,
The Palais de Justice is one of two important buildings on the semicircular Place Jean Jaurès –
Originally opened 24 April 1823 and destroyed in a fire just twenty years later.
Designed in 1839, and opened in 1851,
Destroyed during bombing in 1944 during the Second World War.
Design for the architect’s own residence.
Paris is divided into 20 arrondissement,
Designed as a multipurpose building to house the Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Court as well as a museum of art and industry,
From The Building News, February 28,
Part of the much larger Conciergerie complex,