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Tuileries

American  
[twee-luh-reez, tweeluh-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.


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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In December 2018, protesters tore down a fence in the Tuileries gardens next to the Louvre.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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

The extinguishing of the Olympic flame, which will be brought from Tuileries, where the cauldron has been on display and visited by tens of thousands of fans.

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times