The Luxembourg Palace is a large palace on the Left Bank of Paris, built for Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henri IV and regent for her young son Louis XIII. Designed by Salomon de Brosse, it was inspired by the Pitti Palace in her native Florence. Rubens painted a cycle of huge canvases glorifying her life for the palace, which are now in the Louvre. After the Revolution it was used as a prison and then as a seat of government bodies. It has housed the French Senate since the nineteenth century. The palace is surrounded by the Luxembourg Gardens, one of the best-loved public parks in the city.
Before and after
- from 1618 to 1648Thirty Years' War
- 1619Manneken Pis
- August 1619The first enslaved Africans arrive in English Virginia
- from 1620 to 1621Polish–Ottoman War of 1620–1621
- 1620Construction of Luxembourg Palace
- from 30 August 1620 to 27 August 1623Palatinate campaign
- from 17 September 1620 to 7 October 1620Battle of Cecora
- November 1620The Mayflower lands the Pilgrims
- from 2 September 1621 to 9 October 1621Battle of Khotyn
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The era
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