Editing Gothic architecture (section)

== Palaces ==
[[File:Louvre - Les Très Riches Heures.jpg|thumb|[[Medieval Louvre]] in early 15th century]]
The Gothic style was used in royal and papal residences as well as in churches. Prominent examples include the [[Palais de la Cité]] the [[Medieval Louvre]], the [[Chateau de Vincennes]] in Paris, residences of the French kings, the [[Doge's Palace]] in Venice, and the [[Palace of the Kings of Navarre of Olite|Palace of the Kings of Navarre]] in [[Olite]] (1269–1512). Another is the [[Palais des Papes]] (Palace of the Popes), the former Papal residence in Avignon. It was constructed between 1252 and 1364, during the [[Avignon Papacy]]. Given the complicated political situation, it combined the functions of a church, a seat of government and a fortress.{{sfn|Chastel|2000|pp=186–187}}
 
The [[Palais de la Cité]] in Paris, close to Notre-Dame de Paris, begun in 1119, which was the principal residence of the French kings until 1417. Most of the Palais de la Cité is gone, but two of the original towers along the Seine, of the towers, the vaulted ceilings of the Hall of the Men-at-Arms (1302), (now in the [[Conciergerie]]; and the original chapel, Sainte-Chapelle, can still be seen.{{sfn|Texier|2012|p=12}}

The [[Louvre Palace]] was originally built by [[Philippe II of France]] beginning in 1190 to house the King's archives and treasures, and given [[machicoulis]] and features of a Gothic fortress. However, it was soon made obsolete by the development of artillery, and in the 15th century it was remodelled into a comfortable residential palace.<ref name="philippe">{{cite web |title=Le Louvre de Philippe Auguste |url=http://chrisagde.free.fr/capetiens/louvre.htm |access-date=18 July 2020 |language=fr |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413183518/http://chrisagde.free.fr/capetiens/louvre.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> While the outer walls retained their original military appearance, the castle itself, with a profusion of spires, towers, pinnacles, arches and gables, became a visible symbol of royalty and aristocracy. The style was copied in chateaux and other aristocratic residences across France and other parts of Europe.{{Sfn|Chastel|2000|pp=188–89}}

<gallery widths="200" heights="140">
File:Palais de la Cite.jpg|[[Palais de la Cité]] (1119–) and [[Sainte-Chapelle]] (1238–48), Paris
File:Conciergerie Salle des gens d'armes 11.JPG|Hall of men-at-arms, [[Conciergerie]] of the [[Palais de la Cité]]
File:Façade du Palais des Papes.jpg|Façade of the [[Palais des Papes]], [[Avignon]] (1252–1364)
File:D's palace.jpg|The [[Doge's Palace]], Venice (1340–1442)
File:Palacio de Olite.JPG|[[Palace of the Kings of Navarre of Olite|Palace of the Kings of Navarre]], [[Olite]] (1269–1512)
File:Flickr - Duncan~ - Hampton Court Palace.jpg|Great Gatehouse at [[Hampton Court Palace]], London (1522) 
</gallery>