Editing Place de la Concorde (section)

===North side ===
{{Main|Hôtel de la Marine}}
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File:Hôtel de la Marine.jpg|South front of the [[Hôtel de la Marine]]
File:La grande Loggia de l'Hôtel de la Marine (Paris) (51352775059).jpg|The Grand Loggia of the Hôtel de la Marine, overlooking the Place de la Concorde  
File:Hôtels Crillon Cartier Plessis Bellière Coislin Paris 2.jpg|[[Hotel Crillon]], [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]], and Automobile Club of France  
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The north side of the square, along the [[Rue de Rivoli]], is occupied by two palatial buildings, whose matching façades were designed by [[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]]. They are separated by the [[Rue Royale, Paris|Rue Royale]], which enters the square from the north and was also designed by Gabriel. He planned the harmonious façades of the buildings along Rue Royale, including the façade and interior of his own residence at Number eight.

The Neoclassical facades of the two major buildings on the Place de la Concorde are nearly identical. Their design was inspired by the [[Louvre Colonnade]], begun in 1667 by [[Louis Le Vau]], architect of [[Louis XIV]], [[Charles Le Brun]], and [[Charles Perrault]].<ref>"Connaissance des arts" special edition, "L'Hôtel de la Marine", October 2021, p. 8</ref> The front is decorated with sculpted medallions and guerlands, another feature borrowed from the Louvre east front. The long front of colonnades is balanced at either end  two sections with triangular frontons and Corinthian columns.

The building on the east, the [[Hôtel de la Marine]], was originally the royal Garde-Meuble, the depot for all the royal furnishings. [[Marie Antoinette]] also had a small apartment there. In 1792, during the Revolution, it became the headquarters of the French Navy. The Navy departed in 2015, and the building is now a national monument and museum. The ceremonial rooms of the Navy and the apartments of the original intendants before the Revolution have been restored. Since 2021 the building is also home to the [[Al Thani Collection]], a collection of ancient art from early civilisations brought together by Sheikh [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]], first cousin of the Emir of [[Qatar]].<ref>"Some of a Sheik's Treasures Find a Home in Paris", "New York Times", November 18, 2021</ref><ref>"Connaissance des arts" special edition, "L'Hôtel de la Marine", October 2021, p. 8</ref>

The building on the west is divided into four separate buildings, which were originally occupied by members of the French Nobility.<ref>Hillairet, Jacques, "Connaissance du Vieux Paris" (2017), p. 236</ref>  
* Number 4 was first occupied by the [[Marie Anne de Coislin|Marquise de Coislin]], then, from 1805 to 1807, by the author and diplomat [[François-René de Chateaubriand]] (1805–1807). 
* Number 6 was first occupied by the Rouillé de l'Estaing, secretary of the King, and later by the Marquise de Plessis-Bellière, who left it in her will to [[Pope Leo XIII]]. The Pope in turn sold it to the [[Automobile Club of France]] in 1901, and they still occupy it. 
* Number 8, was  occupied by the royal architect [[Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux]]. It was eventually also sold and now houses the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]] (FIA) which sanctions [[Formula 1]] races.
* Number 10 was occupied in 1775 by the 6th Duke of Aumont beginning in 1775. He ceded it in 1788 to the Duke of Crillon, who emigrated from France during the French Revolution. The Duchess of Crillon returned and she and her descendants occupied it from 1820 until 1904. in 1909 it became a hotel for wealthy travellers, the [[Hôtel de Crillon]].<ref>Hillairet, Jacques, "Connaissance du Vieux Paris" (2017), p. 237</ref> In 2010 it was bought by a Saudi prince, [[Mutaib bin Abdullah Al Saud]].<ref>"Le Point" MAY 4,2017</ref>