Palais-Royal now serves as the seat of the Ministry of Culture, the Conseil d'Etat and the Constitutional Council.
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10 Facts About Palais-Royal
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The central Palais-Royal Garden serves as a public park, and the arcade houses shops.
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Palais Brion, a separate section near the rue de Richelieu to the west of the Palais-Royal, was purchased by Louis XIV from the heirs of Cardinal Richelieu.
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Court gatherings at the Palais-Royal were famed all around the capital as well as all of France.
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The Palais-Royal housed the magnificent Orleans art collection of some 500 paintings, which was arranged for public viewing until it was sold abroad in 1791.
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The Palais-Royal was the scene of the notorious debaucheries of Louise Henriette de Bourbon who had married to Louis Philippe in 1743.
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Louis Philippe II d'Orleans was born at Saint-Cloud and later moved to the Palais-Royal and lived there with his wife, the wealthy Louise Marie Adelaide de Bourbon whom he had married in 1769.
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Palais-Royal had contained one of the most important public theatres in Paris, in the east wing on the rue Saint-Honore .
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Today, the Palais-Royal is the home of the Conseil d'Etat, the Constitutional Council, and the Ministry of Culture.
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Theatre du Palais-Royal is located on the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal, in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais.
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