Le Palais

Le Palais (Breton: Porzh-Lae) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in northwestern France.

It is one of the four communes on the island Belle Île.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Le Palais are called in French Palantins.

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Palais-Royal

The Palais-Royal (French pronunciation: ​[pa.lɛ ʁwa.jal]), originally called the Palais-Cardinal, is a palace located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre. The larger inner courtyard, the Cour d'Honneur, has since 1986 contained Daniel Buren's site-specific art piece Les Deux Plateaux, known as Les Colonnes de Buren. In 1830 the Cour d'Honneur was enclosed to the north by what was probably the most famous of Paris's covered arcades, the Galerie d'Orléans. Demolished in the 1930s, its flanking rows of columns still stand between the Cour d'Honneur and the popular Palais-Royal Gardens.

History

Palais-Cardinal

Originally called the Palais-Cardinal, the palace was the personal residence of Cardinal Richelieu. The architect Jacques Lemercier began his design in 1629; construction commenced in 1633 and was completed in 1639. Upon Richelieu's death in 1642 the palace became the property of the King and acquired the new name Palais-Royal.

Palais Royal (store)

Palais Royal is a United States chain of department stores, owned by Stage Stores, Inc. and headquartered in Houston, TX. The store specializes in retailing desirable brand name apparel, accessories, cosmetics, footwear and housewares.

Brands exclusively found at Palais Royal include Valerie Stevens, Signature Studio, Sun River, Rustic Blue, Rebecca Malone and Wishful Park.

Early History

The company was founded in 1921 by Isadore Erlich in Shreveport, Louisiana. Upon his death in 1968, his wife, Moselle Erlich (Pollack), took over the presidency. She relinquished the post to Bernard Fuchs in 1979 and was elected chairman. The stores were bought by Wellan's of Alexandria, Louisiana in 1985.

Four years later, in 1989, the company was purchased by Stage Stores, formerly known as Specialty Retailers Inc., who owns the stores today.

Recent History

Stage Stores, Inc. operates more than 850 stores in 40 states under the Bealls (no relation to the Bealls chain in Florida), Palais Royal, Peebles, Stage, and Goody's nameplates.

Palais Royal (disambiguation)

Palais Royal can refer to the Palais-Royal, a former royal palace in Paris

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Le Palais Royal

Le Palais Royal is a 60,500 square foot mansion located in Florida. Dubbed Le Palais Royal the mansion has 11-bedrooms and 17-bathrooms. The home was inspired by the Palace of Versailles, and other European palaces and castles, said Denio Madera, the Miami-based architect and interior designer who is handling the interior design of the home. Surrounded by a gate that is decorated with 22-karat gold leaf, the house includes a $2 million marble staircase, a subterranean garage that can accommodate 30 cars and an 18-seat IMAX home theater with a 50-foot-wide screen. There are three master suites and a presidential suite, each with its own Jacuzzi in a windowed circular rotunda (the presidential suite also has a plunge pool on an outdoor terrace). Outside, there is a 4,500-square-foot infinity pool with salt, chlorine and UV filtering as well as an LED-lit, double-loop waterslide. Suspended above the pool is a glass-bottomed Jacuzzi. "It's supposed to feel like you're floating over the pool," said Mr. Madera. The entire home was built to be soundproof. The home's South African marble floors were insulated specifically so the clacking of high heels will be muted, added William Pierce of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, who has the listing. The house is built with an elaborate security system as well as kennels for guard dogs on the lower level. The house sits on 4.4-acres with 465 feet of waterfront on the Atlantic Ocean and 492 feet of waterfront on the Intracoastal Waterway. In 2014 the home was acquired by an over seas heiress N. Villones for a whopping $143 Million. The owner is a very private woman who is said to have inherited a large fortune through her family's German shipping conglomerate.