Musée national et domaine du château de Pau
Rue du château, 64000 Pau
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Built in the XIIIth century by the viscounts of Béarn, the castle of Pau is extended in 1370s by legendary Gaston Fébus, count of Foix and viscount of Béarn (1343-1391). In the first half of the XVIth century, Henry d' Albret and her wife, Margaret d' Angoulême, sister of François Ier, give him the decoration(set) Renaissance which saw being born, in 1553, the one who will become Henry IV, " the good king Henry ".
In the XIXth century, Louis-Philippe, then Napoleon III proceed to a complete restoration(catering) and to a refitting(reorganisation) of the royal apartments. Of this time(period), the castle kept(preserved) undamaged its internal decoration(set), of style Troubadour and neo-Renaissance, as well as exceptional all the most prestigious tapestries of Flanderses and of the Gobelins des XVIe, XVIIth century and the XVIII centuries.
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Musée de France, Monument historique, Jardin remarquable & Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire
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