Английская Википедия:Hôtel de préfecture des Yvelines
The Hôtel de Préfecture des Yvelines is a freestone building, located in Versailles, France. It is, since 1968, the year of creation of the department, the seat of the prefecture and the departmental council of Yvelines.[1]
Location
The prefecture hotel is located in Versailles, at 11–13, avenue de Paris (avenue which is in the axis of the Palace of Versailles ) at the corner of rue Jean Houdon.
History
The hotel of the prefecture of Versailles was built from 1863 to 1866 on the site of the former royal kennel (Шаблон:Lang-fr), by the Versailles architect Amédée Manuel on an order from the prefect Édouard Charton.[2] It was inaugurated on June 19, 1867.[3]
In 1870, it became the seat of the Prussian General Staff,[4][5] then during the period of the Paris Commune, it housed the government of Adolphe Thiers and then of Patrice de MacMahon.[6] From 1880, it was the seat of the prefecture of Seine-et-Oise, and from 1968, that of the prefecture of Yvelines.
Architecture
The triangular pediment which crowns the central avant-corps of the building is decorated with a bas-relief due to the sculptor Georges Clère, which represents the Oise and the Seine personified.
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