En 1863, au rez de chaussée du Gros Pavillon, on organisa un musée chinois avec les
objets rapportés de Pékin par le général Palikao et provenant surtout du palais
d'été des Empereurs de Chine. |
The Gallery of Splendour, devoted to displaying the palace’s history in a series of paintings, was set out in the papal apartments. In 1863, on the ground floor of the Great Pavilion, a Chinese Museum was founded with objects brought
from Beijing by General Palikao. A great many of the exhibits came from the Chinese Emperor’s summer palace. |
In the Gallery of Splendour, the 'ancienne comédie' destroyed by fire. Dans la galerie des fastes, l'incendie de "l'ancienne comédie" |