THE NEW PALAIS DU LUXEMBOURG.
The reeonf proposal to change the homo of the groat modern art collection (hot is at present houjpd in the Palais ■lu Luxembourg is receiving tho serious attention,of the French Government. .The original scheme was to mow th* , collection to the Seminary of St. Sulpico. a l-.uilding which is tho property of the French Itopnblic. >in<lis at present uiitifpd. owing to the sennratinn nf Church nnd fifnto. A committee of tho Frcnoli Chniubpr has been considering the s.t.. 1>osj(I. and an a.lternativn by which the Ministrv of to be transferred in St. Sulpioe, nnd tho LuxemIrmrg collection the nffictxs nf Hip. Minjetty. U.nfOTtiinetcly. (lie oommittAa has <li=rovered that St. Sulpice in totallv. nnsriled either for the purixise of Ministerial offices or for lmus-in? an nrt cnllertion, owing to its dampne.v. Accordit i<; sirccrcsted that instead of spending .flOn.Oflli on the restoration of nn building—St. Sulpiro was built in ISMl—it would \>t\ wiser to e-rect an entirely new edrfioe for the T,>ixemhonc oollwtion. The pla.n is receiving the ron«.idcT.ition Vf the O!av<rumcnt.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1502, 26 July 1912, Page 6
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176THE NEW PALAIS DU LUXEMBOURG. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1502, 26 July 1912, Page 6
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