Editing Place de la Concorde (section)

=== East side: The Tuileries Garden, Jeu de Paume and Orangerie ===
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File:Tuileries Coysevox Renommée.jpg|Copy of "Fame Riding Pegasus" by [[Antoine Coysevox]] at the entrance to the Tuileries Garden
File:Place de la Concorde 1, Paris 25 May 2014.jpg|West gate from the square to the Tuileries Garden 
File:Jardin des Tuileries @ Paris (29078896192).jpg|Detail of Gateway to the Tuileries Garden 
File:Monets water lilies in the Musée de lOrangerie 03.jpg|Two of the eight [[Water Lilies (Monet series)|Water Lilies]] paintings by [[Claude Monet]] at the [[Musée de l'Orangerie]], overlooking the square
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On the east the Place de la Concorde is bordered by the two terraces of the [[Tuileries Garden]], the park of the [[Tuileries Palace]]. The palace was burned by the [[Paris Commune]] in 1871, and few vestiges remain. The highly-ornate gilded gateway to the garden was designed by [[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]], the architect to the square, and leads to the grand promenade of the garden which extends east as far as the Louvre. The gateway is flanked by two monumental equestrian sculptures by [[Antoine Coysevox]], "Fame Riding Pegasus" and "Mercury Riding Pegasus", made for the [[Château de Marly]] of Louis XIV, and installed at the Tuileries in 1719. They are copies; the originals are now in the [[Louvre]].<ref>Jacquin, Emmanuel, "Les Tuileries Du Louvre à la Concorde" (2008), p. 62</ref>

The early west gateway of Paris, the Port de la Conference, was located at the south end of the square, next to the Seine. It was built by [[Henry III of France]], and as the city grew was demolished in 1730. A revolving bridge originally gave entry to the gardens; it was located where the ornamental is today.

The terraces of the Garden overlooking the square are the home of two museums. At the north end, near the Rue de Rivoli, is the National Gallery of the [[Jeu de Paume]]. It was built under Emperor [[Napoleon III]] as the imperial tennis court in 1861 and was enlarged in 1878. During the Second World War it was used by the Germans as a depot for storing looted art. From 1947 until 1986 it displayed the [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] paintings of the Louvre. In 1997, it was entirely rebuilt, and now displays temporary exhibitions of contemporary art.<ref>Jacquin, Emmanuel, "Les Tuileries Du Louvre à la Concorde" (2008), p. 62</ref>

Closer to the Seine is the [[Orangerie Museum]], which was built in 1852 by architect Firmin Bourgeois as a winter shelter for the Tuileries citrus trees, also under Napoleon III. It was later converted into an art exhibition hall, and since 1927 it has been the home of one of the most famous groups of works of Impressionism, the eight paintings of the "[[Water Lilies (Monet series)|Water Lilies]]" series by [[Claude Monet]]. It also displays the Walter Guillaume collection of impressionist and paintings and works from the school of Paris.<ref>Jacquin, Emmanuel, "Les Tuileries Du Louvre à la Concorde" (2008), p. 62</ref>

The terrace overlooking the square also displays a number of important works of sculpture. These include, since 1998, four works by [[Auguste Rodin]]: ''[[The Kiss (Rodin sculpture)|The Kiss]]'' (1881–1888); a bronze copy of the marble original, cast in 1934; "[[Eve (Rodin)|Eve]]" (1881); The ''Grand Shadow'' (1881); and ''Meditation, with arms'' (1881–1905). It also displays more modern works, including ''Le Belle Costumé'' (1973) by [[Jean Dubuffet]], and ''Le Grand Commandement Blanc'' by [[Alain Kirili]] (1986). Two marble statues of lions are also displayed on the terrace, dating from the 18th century, and made by [[Giuseppe Franchi]].<ref>Jacquin, Emmanuel, "Les Tuileries Du Louvre à la Concorde" (2008), p. 62</ref>