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The Place Vendome is typical of urban classical french. In its center is the Vendome column. This is one of places of world-famous Paris. It is located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. It is located north of the Tuileries Garden and east of the Madeleine church. Its architecture is due to Jules Hardouin-Mansart who in 1699 conceived a plan which should strictly abide by the owners of buildings. A large portion of the facades is classified a historical monument. It was called Place Vendome from the seventeenth century, the name of the Hotel de Vendome who was there. It was more formerly the Place Louis the Great and, initially, instead of conquests. He was given the name of spades place during the Revolution. She was named International place in 1871, during the second Paris Commune, during which the Vendome column was destroyed by the Communards, who made a symbol of tyranny and militarism of Napoleon. It houses the Ministry of Justice and may designate.