National Assembly

The National Assembly forms, along with the Senate, the Parliament under the Fifth French Republic. Its members are the deputies, whose main role is to debate, amend, and vote on laws. It is located at the Palais Bourbon in Paris. The Palais Bourbon is situated on the Quai d'Orsay in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.

It was built for Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Nantes, the legitimized daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, who married Louis III de Bourbon-Condé, Duke of Bourbon and 6th Prince of Condé. Built between 1722 and 1728, it later became the property of the Prince of Condé in 1764, who enlarged it into a vast palace. It was under Napoleon I at the beginning of the 19th century that twelve columns were erected. The triangular pediment depicts him on horseback, offering the Legislative Body the flags captured at Austerlitz. However, it was modified under the July Monarchy by France between Liberty and Public Order. At the foot of the staircase, four statues are erected, representing: Maximilien de Sully, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Henri François d'Aguesseau, and Michel de l'Hospital.