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 Musée du Luxembourg - entry. by breughel
The public discovered Leonardo da Vinci, Raphaël, Rembrandt, Van Dyck. These paintings were later transferred to Le Louvre.
In 1818 the galleries of the palace became the Museum of the "alive artists" with works of David, Ingres, Delacroix.
In 1884 - 1886 the French Senate built the building which shelters the current museum. The Musée du Luxembourg received the Caillebotte legacy with paintings of Picasso, Pissaro, Bonnard, Degas, Gauguin, Renoir. They were exposed here until 1937, when the collections were transferred to the new museum from modern art, today museum of Orsay.
Since then the museum receives temporary exhibitions, especially of the Italian Renaissance in alternation with modern art.
The next exposure from March 25th to August 2nd, 2009 will show about sixty works of the Renaissance from Prato (Italy) mainly with the painters Filippo and Filippino Lippi.
Entrance fee 11 €. (Is rather expensive compared with an entry at Le Louvre for 9€).
No photos allowed.
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Ce serait le plus ancien musée d'Europe. Marie de Médicis avait fait aménager deux galeries pour accueillir les tableaux de Rubens dédiés à sa gloire mais le musée ne devient public qu'en 1750. C'était le premier musée public de peinture en France.
La centaine de tableaux exposés provenait alors du Cabinet du Roi.
Le public découvrait Léonard de Vinci, Raphaël, Rembrandt, Van Dyck. Ces tableaux sont ensuite transférés au Louvre.
En 1818 les galeries du palais deviennent le Musée des artistes vivants avec des oeuvres de David, Ingres, Delacroix.
En 1884 - 1886 Le Sénat édifie le bâtiment qui abrite le musée actuel. Il reçoit le legs Caillebotte. Picasso,Pissaro, Bonnard, Degas, Gauguin, Renoir sont exposés jusqu’en 1937, date à laquelle les collections sont transférées au nouveau musée d’art moderne aujourd'hui musée d'Orsay.
Depuis lors le musée reçoit des expositions temporaires, surtout de la Renaissance italienne en alternance avec l'art moderne.
La prochaine exposition du 25 mars au 2 août 2009 concerne une soixantaine d'œuvres de la Renaissance à Prato (Italie) principalement Filippo et Filippino Lippi.
Prix d'entrée 11 €. (Ce qui tout de même assez cher comparé avec une entrée au Louvre à 9€).
Address: 19, rue de Vaugirard 75006 Paris
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The palace of Luxembourg is a very beautiful architectural unit and owes its name to the mansion belonging to François of Luxembourg which occupied the site in the 16th century. The estate was bought by Marie de Medici, regent of France. Drawing inspiration from the Pitti palace in Florence she had a new palace build by architect Salomon de Brosse.
Marie de Medici settled there in 1625. She commissioned the large paintings by Rubens that one finds today in the Louvre museum. The right part of the palace was reserved for her whereas the left part was occupied by her son Louis XIII.
The queen mother did not benefit a long time from her beautiful palace of Luxembourg, in 1631 her son Louis XIII, tired of her interference in the businesses of the State and of her hostility to the Cardinal de Richelieu, throw his mother out following what is called in France the “Day of Dupes”. Marie de Medici was exiled.
The castle remained in the royal family until the revolution.
The old mansion called “Petit Luxembourg” became the residence of the president of the French Senate.
The “Grand Luxembourg” of Marie de Medici became the "Palais du Luxembourg" seat of the French Senate.
Visits of the Senate are organized for small groups and on reservation. 01.42.34.20 .60
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C'est un très bel ensemble architectural que ce Palais du Luxembourg qui doit son nom à l'hôtel appartenant à François de Luxembourg qui occupait l'emplacement au 16e siècle. Le domaine fut acheté par Marie de Médicis, régente de France, qui y fit bâtir par l'architecte Salomon de Brosse un nouveau palais en s'inspirant du palais Pitti à Florence.
Marie de Médicis s'y installe en 1625; c'est elle qui fit réaliser par Rubens les grandes toiles que l'on retrouve aujourd'hui au musée du Louvre. La partie droite lui était réservée alors que la partie gauche était occupée par son fils Louis XIII.
La reine mère ne profita pas longtemps de son beau palais du Luxembourg, en 1631 son fils Louis XIII, las de son ingérence dans les affaires de l'Etat et de son hostilité au Cardinal de Richelieu, la met à la porte suite à ce qu'en France on appelle la "Journée des Dupes". Marie de Médicis est exilée. Le château reste dans la famille royale jusqu'à la révolution.
L'ancien hôtel appelé "Petit Luxembourg" est devenu la résidence du président du Sénat français.
Le "Grand Luxembourg" de Marie de Médicis est devenu l'actuel palais du Luxembourg siège du Sénat français.
Des visites du Sénat sont organisées pour de petits groupes et sur réservation
Tel 01.42.34.20.60
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 Jardins du Luxembourg by breughel
What I like here it is the combination of trees, flowers, water basins, statues and an elegant palace. The park seemed rather quiet, at least at the time of my visit in August. There was less a crowd and much less sound of traffic than at the Tuileries gardens.
As for students I didn't see any; it was the academic holidays. Personally I have doubts as for my capacity to concentrate on a course like quantum mechanics in a so beautiful place. On the contrary studying history in the gardens of Luxembourg seems to me quite possible.
Indeed the gardens are decorated with 106 statues representing French artists and personalities, allegories and mythology subjects, steles, monuments, animals. Exceptional are the group of twenty statues from about 1843 of queens of France and famous women selected to celebrate only women.
The details of these statues can be found on the interactive web site of the French senate:
http://www.senat.fr/visite/jardin/map_steles.html (only in French)
Open during day-time. Free.
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Quoique j'ai fait mes études dans une université presque aussi ancienne que la Sorbonne et dans une ville aux nombreux immeubles universitaires remontant aux siècles passés, je ne peux qu'envier les étudiants de la Sorbonne qui peuvent venir étudier dans ce magnifique parc que forment les jardins du Luxembourg. C'est un des plus beaux parcs du centre de Paris et il m'a semblé relativement calme, du moins lors de ma visite au mois d'août.
C'est un jardin privé appartenant au Sénat français mais ouvert au public.
Ce qui me plait ici c'est la combinaison de fleurs, pièces d'eau, statues et palais et aussi qu'il y a moins de monde, moins de bruit de la circulation qu'aux jardins des Tuileries.
Quant aux étudiants je n'en ai vu aucun; c'étaient les vacances académiques et encore un peu tôt pour ceux qui doivent présenter une deuxième session.
Personnellement j'ai des doutes quant à ma capacité de pouvoir me concentrer sur une matière comme la mécanique quantique dans un si bel endroit. Par contre étudier l'histoire dans les jardins du Luxembourg me semble tout à fait approprié.
En effet les jardins s'ornent de 106 statues représentant des artistes et personnalités, des antiques, allégories et mythologie, stèles, monuments, animaux. Ce qui est exceptionnel c'est un ensemble dune vingtaine de statues du milieu du 19e siècle de reines de France et femmes illustres choisies pour ne célébrer que des femmes.
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It only rained once during the ten days I was in Paris in June 2006, and that was –- you guessed it –- ten minutes before show time at an open-air opera performance in the Senate Gardens, which are in the Luxembourg Gardens right behind Luxembourg Palace.
A nice announcer on the PA system said the shower had been "annoncé pour cinq minutes" and thanked us for remaining in our seats. After five minutes the rain seemed to be letting up a bit, so they started the overture (the orchestra was under a roof, but someone had to hold an umbrella over the conductor) and the singers and dancers started doing their thing in the rain.
After a few more minutes it became clear that "ça n'a pas l'air de s'arranger", so they asked us to retain our tickets and come back the following Sunday evening, same time same place. This was lucky for me because Sunday was the only evening I still had free.
Later they sent an e-mail confirming the change of date, which I thought was very good service. They had my e-mail address because I had originally booked online.
Second photo: Here's what the venue looked like the day before while they were getting it set up.
Third photo: Here it's already looking a bit stormy. The building is Luxembourg Palace, which is the meeting place of the French Senate.
Fourth photo: I wasn't the only one to stop and take a picture of the Medici Fountain, which was commissioned in 1624 by the notorious Marie de Medici, widow of the murdered king Louis IV. I wonder what that voluminous lady would think of the recent funny addition to her reflecting pool.
Fifth photo: But I was the only one to stop and take a picture of this bust of Henri Murger (1822-1861), who is best known as the author of Scènes de la Vie de Bohème, the book that inspired Puccini's (and Leoncavallo's) opera La Bohème. Leave a Comment
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On Sunday the weather held, so we had an uninterrupted performance of The Magic Flute in honor of the 250th birthday of its composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
It was sung in German with French titles. The performance was adequate but not outstanding. There were no Germans in the cast, but they sang the German text well enough; most professional singers can sing in any language if they are well enough prepared.
But the spoken dialogues were something else again. They sounded like a class play after an intermediate German class at the Goethe Institute. I would have given the tenor a B- and flunked everybody else.
But it was fun just seeing and hearing that great and very familiar opera in such a brilliant setting on a cool evening after a hot day of cycling.
Second photo: Here we all are getting up to leave at the end of the performance, shortly before midnight.
Third photo: The Luxembourg Gardens as seen from the Montparnasse Tower. If you enlarge the photo you might be able to make out the bleachers behind the palace.
Fourth photo: A wider view from the same vantage point, showing the Luxembourg Gardens surrounded by lots of city streets and buildings. Leave a Comment
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 Palais du Luxembourg and its
luxurious gardens by Jefie, 3 more photos
The gardens are open from sunrise to sunset, admission is free, but remember to bring a few coins (20 p.) to use the public restrooms. A really great place for a nice picnic! Leave a Comment Directions: Located between the Saint-Germain-des-Pres and Montparnasse neighborhoods
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 Getting wet at Jardin du
Luxembourg, Paris by jumpingnorman
Our kids loved this place, although it would have been better if we went during the summer because there would have been a toy boat pond, pony rides and the puppet theater would be open. But we were content just walking around the massive pond…and then all of a sudden, it rained!
We scrambled/fumbled for our umbrellas which were still in our backpacks, couldn’t open them and just ran for cover – it was hilarious. We got wet but had so much fun.
And then our pictures came out so nice later with the kids holding their umbrellas in front of the palais du Luxembourg which was built by orders of Marie de Medici, the queen of King Henri IV. It is said that in Florence, a similar palace exists –the Palazzo Pitti, which was the childhood palace of the queen herself who was homesick.
I have also read that there is a Statue of Liberty somewhere in the park, but I always miss it! Next time… Leave a Comment
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 mesmerising by kenyneo
A Bit of History
The Luxembourg Palace was built for Marie de Medicis in the years 1615-1627. The architect Salomon de Brosse, designed it as a Florentine palace because Marie de Medicis liked this style. He was the son of Jean de Brosse, another architect and he inherited the position as the architect of Marie de Medicis from his uncle Jacques II Androuet Du Cerceau. (Other works by Salomon de Brosse include the aqueduct of Arcueil in 1624.)
For the decorations and the embellishments, Rubens paintings adorn the walls of the large gallery and the library has the masterpieces of Eugene Delacroix. The uses of the palace have changed multiple times. For example, it was a prison during the Revolution. It currently houses the Senate.
The gardens of Luxembourg surround the palace. This large park, which has sprawling lawns and abundant flowers, always astonishes its visitors with its harmonious paths, the beauty of its flowers and the shadows under its trees. All the people, young and old, enjoy themselves in the gardens. The children can rent boats and sail in the glassy ponds while the elders play chess under awnings. Moreover, there are many statues of the queens of France, including a figure of Saint Genevieve, the patron of Paris. Leave a Comment
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 Jardin du Luxembourg in
summertime by CALSF
Le Jardin du Luxembourg is one of the most famous and honestly one of the best in Paris. It borders both the 6th and the 14th districts location-wise.
It was once the private property of Queen Marie de Medici and her palace has been used since 1958 as the Senate. She requested the palace be built to resemble her girlhood home in Florence, Pitti Palace.
You can sit in any of the green metal chairs surrounding the grounds where beautiful flowers bloom in abundance in sunny months. Also there are many activities for kids such as playgrounds, marionette shows and sailboating. Adults may partake in chess tournaments daily, rain or shine! Leave a Comment Directions: 15 rue de VaugirardOther Contact: Metro: Odeon
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 Water feature in the
Luxembourg Gardens, Paris by jrs1234
At the northern end of the gardens there is a large mansion - the Palais du Luxembourg. It sometimes opens for art exhibitions, but mostly it's just there to be admired from the outside...
The park is open from dawn to dusk daily. Leave a Comment Directions: Next to Boulevard Saint Michel - Luxembourg RER or Odeon metro are both close by.
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