Tuileries
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A palace in Paris, France which was built in the 16th century and destroyed by fire in 1871.
- 2 A public park and garden built on the site of the former palace.
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From French Tuileries, from tuileries, feminine plural of tuilerie (“place for manufacturing tiles”). The name comes from the tile kilns which occupied the site before the palace.