Keywords: Plan général des nouveaux bâtiments du Palais-Royal 1781 - Gallica (adjusted).jpg Palais-Royal in Paris c 1780 showing projected new construction of the garden galleries and the wings surrounding the second and third courtyards at the time referred to as the Cour royale and the Cour des princes The plan shows the opera house on the rue Saint-Honoré which was destroyed by fire in 1781 The new construction was not carried out as shown here The plans were modified after the fire so that a new theatre could be built on the rue de Richelieu the Salle Richelieu which opened in 1790 and in 1799 became the principal theatre of the Comédie-Française Gallica gives the date of publication as 1828 Plan général des nouveaux bâtiments du Palais-Royal 1781 - Gallica jpg http //gallica bnf fr/ark /12148/btv1b8440778j r langEN Gallica<br /> The light levels were adjusted with Photoshop Elements 10 architect Creator Victor Louis draughtsman author ~ 1780 Plans of the Palais-Royal PD-old-100 |