Pair Of Framed PRINTS OF HISTORIC PARIS BUILDINGS.
22" Wide by 18" Tall
One is of Chàteau de St. Germain-en-Laye and the other is of Palais de L'Industrie.
The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a royal palace in the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the department of Yvelines about 19 km (12 miles) west of Paris. Today, it houses the National Museum of Archaeology. There has been a castle on this site since the year 1124.
The Palais de l'Industrie (Palace of Industry) was an exhibition hall located between the Seine River and the Champs Elysees erected for the 1855 Paris World Fair which Emperor Napoleon III wished to prove the superiority of the French by surpassing the London Great Exhibition four years earlier in every way. An earlier building on the site with this name was erected in 1839 and was replaced for subsequent exhibitions in 1844 and 1849. The 1855 building was mainly designed by the architect Jean -Marie-Victor Viel and the engineer Alexis Barrault. It was destroyed in 1897 to make way for the Grand Palais of the World Fair in 1900.