Musée Carnavalet - Paris Tour Destination
Carnavalet is a garbled form of the name of the former owner of the house, the widow of the Sire de Kernevenoy, a Breton. The house was built in the 16th century, probably by Pierre Lescot, the architect responsible for the Renaissance façade of the Louvre (see entry). The main doorway, with carvings of lions […]