Pavillon de l’Horloge

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Coordinates: 48°51′40″N 2°19′50″E / 48.86111°N 2.33056°E / 48.86111; 2.33056 The Pavillon de l’Horloge, or Clock Pavilion, is a famous structure by architect Jacques Lemercier. Well known for its distinctive dome shape, the Pavillion is located in the Louvre's Lescot wing. The Pavillion was built in the 1400s, shortly after the destruction of several sections of the Palais du Louvre. It is now known as the Pavillion Sully.

[edit] Further reading

• (French) Structurae.de page on the Palais du Louvre's building history
• Blunt, Anthony; Beresford, Richard (1999). Art and architecture in France, 1500-1700. New Haven Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07748-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=slFq1L2b58UC&pg=PA47&dq=Scibec+de+Carpi+ceiling&ei=rk8zSKS0JYy6ygSFzaDMDw&sig=4V6F9m9Otq9ENZB8BeOD4z-4G_g. 

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