Richelieu

Japanese: Richelieu
Richelieu

…At the command of Louis XIII, he enlarged the Louvre Palace, and realized the Clock Tower (1641), famous for its caryatids (female figures). He also had a close relationship with Cardinal Richelieu, and designed his residence, the Palais Royal (1624-36), and the Sorbonne Chapel (1626-42), which he donated, and built a castle and city for him at Richelieu, southwest of Tours. In particular, the construction of the new town of Richelieu, with its prescribed street layouts, orderly land divisions, and standardized housing designs and sales, was a pioneering example of urban development in a new era. …

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Japanese:

…ルイ13世の命によりルーブル宮殿の増築を手がけ,カリアティード(女人柱)で名高い時計の楼館(1641)などを実現した。またリシュリュー枢機卿との関係が深く,彼の館パレ・ロアイヤル(1624‐36),彼の寄進になるソルボンヌの礼拝堂(1626‐42)などを設計し,さらにトゥール南西方のリシュリューRichelieuに彼のための城館と都市を建設。とりわけリシュリューの新都市の建設は,街路線の規定や整然とした地割,標準設計による住宅とその分譲など,新しい時代の都市開発を告げる先駆例となった。…

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