Si les murs du Palais Bourbon pouvaient parler
- Episode aired Aug 11, 2020
- 1h 46m
It is to an illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV that France owes the emblem of its legislative power, the National Assembly, which meets at the Palais Bourbon. It was in fact Louise-Françoise... Read allIt is to an illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV that France owes the emblem of its legislative power, the National Assembly, which meets at the Palais Bourbon. It was in fact Louise-Françoise de Bourbon who decided to build this palace on the then marshy edges of the Seine. Next d... Read allIt is to an illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV that France owes the emblem of its legislative power, the National Assembly, which meets at the Palais Bourbon. It was in fact Louise-Françoise de Bourbon who decided to build this palace on the then marshy edges of the Seine. Next door, she commissioned the construction of a more modest palace for her lover, the Hôtel de... Read all