Garde-Meuble de la Couronne (now Hôtel de la Marine, Place de la Concorde)

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The Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, now known as the Hôtel de la Marine on Place de la Concorde, is an 18th-century neoclassical palace in Paris that once housed the royal furniture repository and later the French Navy Ministry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former government building
historic building
neoclassical architecture
palace
architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel
Jacques-Germain Soufflot
architecturalStyle Neoclassical
associatedWith French Crown Jewel
surface form: French Crown Jewels

Place Louis XV urban project
category Government buildings in France
Monuments and memorials in Paris
Neoclassical architecture in Paris
Palaces in Paris
commissionedBy Louis XV of France
constructionEnd 1774
constructionStart 1757
country France
currentName Hôtel de la Marine
era 18th century
façadeType colonnaded façade
formerFunction Ministry of the Navy headquarters
formerName Garde-Meuble de la Couronne
function administrative offices
royal furniture repository
hasColonnade yes
hasFeature cour d'honneur
ornate salons
state apartments
view over the Tuileries and the Seine
heritageDesignationYear 1862
heritageStatus Monument historique (France)
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
historicalUse storage of royal furniture and decorative arts
locatedIn 8th arrondissement of Paris
Paris
locatedOn Place de la Concorde
managedBy Centre des monuments nationaux
neighboringBuilding Hôtel de Crillon
notableEvent site of theft of the French Crown Jewels in 1792
openToPublic yes
overlooks Place de la Concorde
River Seine
surface form: Seine
ownership France
surface form: French state
partOf National Estate of Versailles
surface form: royal urban ensemble of Place Louis XV
roofType mansard roof
symmetryWith Hôtel de Crillon
usedBy French Ministry of Marine
surface form: French Navy Ministry

French monarchy

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Ange-Jacques Gabriel notableWork Garde-Meuble de la Couronne (now Hôtel de la Marine, Place de la Concorde)