Place Vendome

by Alexis Gregory

Whenever the rich and famous are in Paris, they head for the city's most beautiful square, the Place Vendome, originally conceived by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, First Architect to the Sun King Louis XIV, as a tribute to the monarch. In this delightful volume, Alexis Gregory traces the wonderfully rich and varied tapestry of the Place Vendome, from the square's beginnings as a high-risk property speculation, to its life in the twentieth century as Paris's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614282765
• ISBN13: 9781614282761
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Assouline
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 5.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.4" x 12.0"