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b. ? 1518 (?) and d. May 30, 1577

French architect under Henry II. Inventor of the cupola of the Halle Aux Farines at Paris. The most remarkable of his buildings are the crescent at Fontainebleau, the palaces of Mendon, St. Maur-des Fossees, Anet, etc. The edifice to which his name is particularly attached is the well-known palace of the Tuileries.

Here, curious architect,
If thou essayest, ambitious to surpass
Palladio, Angelo, or British Jones,
On these fair walls extend the certain scale
And turn th’ instructive compass; careful mark
How far, in hidden art, the noble plain
Extends, and where the lovely forms commence
Of flowering sculptures’ nor neglect to note
How range the taper colmuns, and what weight
Their leafy brows sustain.

—The Ruins of Rome: Rev. John Dyer

1518—The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Antwerp was completed.

1528—Original plans for Fountainebleau drawn, probably by Giles Le Breton. Additions were made by Delorme under Henry II.

1557—Philip II. laid the foundation of the Escurial in Madrid, Spain.

1566—The building of the Tuileries was begun.

1857, August 14—The magnificent building the new Louvre, which was begun by Napoleon, was opened with splendid ceremony by Napoleon III.

1871—The Tuileries was burned by the Commune.

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