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Hace 2 días · In 1190 King Philip II of France, who was about to leave for the Third Crusade, ordered the construction of a defensive wall all around Paris. To protect the city, he opted to build the Louvre as a fortress just outside the wall's junction with the Seine on its right bank , on the road to the Duchy of Normandy that was still ...
- Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France
- Royal residence
- 1190 together with the Wall of Philip II Augustus
Hace 6 días · Philip II Augustus (Philippe Auguste) 18 September 1180: 14 July 1223 • Son of Louis VII King of the Franks (Roi des Francs) King of France (Roi de France) Louis VIII the Lion: 14 July 1223: 8 November 1226 • Son of Philip II Augustus King of France (Roi de France) Louis IX the Saint (Saint Louis) 8 November 1226: 25 August 1270 ...
Hace 4 días · On the character of Philip IV, Bradbury concludes that he ‘represents all that was best and all that was worst’ among the Capetian kings (p. 240). Philip seems to have been an enigma – silent, taciturn, cold, remote and conventionally pious, a man whose personality eludes deciphering.
Hace 2 días · This life-size bust of Felipe II (1527-1598) has a breastplate, a gorget and a cord with the Golden Fleece as its only ornamental elements. The lower part ends in a winged figurehead.
Hace 1 día · Archaeologists say to have unearthed Alexander the Great’s bathroom at the Aigai Palace in northern Greece. The vast Aigai palace, which covers 15,000 square meters and is larger than the Parthenon, is located in the ceremonial center of the ancient Macedonian kingdom. The excavations also discovered the palaestra, or combat-sport gymnasium ...
Hace 4 días · Philip II Augustus was born at Gonesse in 1165, became King in 1180 and died at Mantes in 1223.He is the one who built the first Louvre Palace, the Notre Dame Cathedral and founded the University of Paris.
Hace 2 días · Following the Norman Conquest, English king Richard the Lionheart built the imposing Château Gaillard, perched above a meander in the Seine, to block Philip II's ambition and protect his duchy's ...
