Tuileries

American  

[twee-luh-reez, tweel^uh-ree] / ˈtwi lə riz, twiləˈri /

noun

1. a former royal palace in Paris: begun by Catherine de Médicis in 1564; burned by supporters of the Commune in 1871. The gardens that formed part of the palace grounds remain as a public park Tuileries Gardens.

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Tuileries British  

/ tɥilri, ˈtwiːlərɪ /

noun

1. a former royal residence in Paris: begun in 1564 by Catherine de' Medici and burned in 1871 by the Commune; site of the Tuileries Gardens (a park near the Louvre)

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Example Sentences

Many of her personal objects were looted when the Paris mob stormed the Tuileries Palace in 1792.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Strolling in bright sunshine across the immaculately raked gravel of Paris's Tuileries gardens, Barbara and Rick Wilson from Dallas, Oregon, were not exactly in disguise.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025

There was a sense of wonder watching a musical on the West End or accidentally stumbling onto the Tuileries Garden and hearing a street performer play “La Vie en Rose” on the accordion.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2025

The hotel where they put Bill May is nice, expensive, across from the Jardin des Tuileries.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024

This was followed by the premiere two years later of Cavalli's Ere ole amante in the Salle des Machines in the Tuileries, but the French had by this time developed a preference for ballet.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall