
Luxembourg palace
Luxembourg Palace by Hotel de Saint Germain
The place that now houses the gardens and the Luxembourg Palace in Paris was at the beginning a Roman camp. When the Chartreux have settled there in 1257, this site was a seedy place of green to the point we considered it as the evil. The Chartreux turned it into a flourishing monastery.

Marie de Medici bought the Duke of Luxembourg’s hotel in 1612 and in 1615 she built her palace made by Salomon de Brosse in a Renaissance style reminding her of his native country. Despite the exil, the Palace stay the property of the royal family until the Revolution. The gardens were enlarged encroaching on the Chartreux’s lands, and now offer a splendid setting for walkers. The Luxembourg Palace is today the seat of the Senate.
« Hotel de Saint Germain Paris », a peaceful hotel located in the center of Saint Germain des Pres, in Paris’ Left Bank.

