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15-578: The original design by Simon de la Vallée and Tessin the Younger, based on French Baroque and Renaissance prototypes, was H-shaped in plan, the planned two southern wings flanking a main court, while the northern wings surrounded a small Baroque garden. The central building was covered by a tall steep-pitched, copper-dressed roof surrounded by the cupolas of the corner pavilions, while the façades were decorated with Ionic pilasters , festoons and portraits of Roman Emperors . The Reduction in 1680 (e.g.

30-604: A Parisian, were already master masons in Paris. In 1591, Marin de la Vallée married in Paris Jeanne Morissaut, who died in 1646, daughter of Pierre Morissaut and Olive Sollé. Marin de la Vallée is better known in retrospect thanks to the international reputation of his descendants who settled in Sweden as architects to the king. Eight adult children, four sons and four daughters are mentioned: Marin de la Vallée

45-411: Is forced to make a detour around the still intact palace. During the 19th century, the building gradually failed to accommodate the court house, and as a new court house was finally built on Kungsholmen in 1915, the palace was to accommodate various municipal offices instead, the gradual decay that followed resulting in a second proposed demolition in 1920. The building was however restored in 1925, using

60-601: The Honselaarsdijk Palace in the Netherlands. In 1637, he was invited to Stockholm by Field Marshal Åke Tott (1598-1640) on behalf of Queen Christina of Sweden where he first worked on Ekolsund Castle . In 1639, he was given the title of Royal Architect. His commissions included the castles of Tidö and Hässelby as well as several palaces in Stockholm. He designed the exquisite Riddarhuset but

75-561: The Swedish National Property Board ( Statens Fastighetsverk ). 59°19′34″N 18°03′59″E  /  59.32611°N 18.06639°E  / 59.32611; 18.06639 Simon de la Vall%C3%A9e Simon de la Vallée (1590–1642) was a French-Swedish architect. The first architect in Sweden to have received formal academic training, he created the Swedish school of architecture. Born in Paris, he

90-632: The Crown recapturing lands earlier granted the nobility) dramatically reduced the financial power of the Bonde dynasty, and therefore, following the devastating fire of the royal palace Tre Kronor in 1697, the Royal Library and the Svea Court of Appeal were lodged in the Bonde palace. The original elaborated roof was destroyed in a fire in 1710, the original cupolas, however, are still preserved on

105-523: The Younger to death in 1810. As the bridge Vasabron , extending the alley Riddarhusgränd between the Bonde Palace and the House Knights, was constructed in the 1870s, proposals were made to adapt the width of the narrow alley to that of the new bridge, plans effectively suggesting the demolition of the palace. The plans were, however, never carried through, and one of the bridge's roadways

120-503: The interior connote the 1940s. Additional restorations in 1986 and 2003–2004, have carefully focused on the building's origin from the 17th and 18th centuries using original materials and craftsmanship as far as possible while adapting the offices of the Supreme Court to modern requirements regarding accessibility and security. The building is today classified as a historical monument of national interest administered and maintained by

135-467: The northern wings. In 1730, the palace was finally bought by the city in order to relocate the Town Hall from the central square Stortorget , thus definitively ending the buildings history as a private palace. The reconstruction following another fire in 1753 produced much of the present shape of the building; the design of Johan Eberhard Carlberg resulting in the construction of the southern wings to

150-411: The original plans, the addition of a new top floor, and an up-to-date low hipped roof ; the present interior still reflecting the taste of the mid 18th century. As a City Hall, the palace commenced its central role in Swedish legal history by witnessing several dramatic historical events, including the public flogging of Jacob Johan Anckarström in 1792, and the mob beating of statesman Axel von Fersen

165-441: The original white colour of the façades. In 1948, the building was transferred from the city to the state. A comprehensive restoration led by the architect Ivar Tengbom , including the reinforcement of the foundations, the replacement of the windows, and interior lightwells being used for installations, transformed the decayed structure to its present classical shape; the updated interiors designed by Carl Malmsten , however, making

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180-607: Was first cited in various works undertaken by the city of Paris as an expert: In 1624 the construction contract for the Palais du Luxembourg was withdrawn from Salomon de Brosse . On 26 March 1624, the Queen Mother's Council retroceded the contract to Marin de la Vallée for the completion of the palace. He intervened as master mason to realize the north-east wing according to the plans of Salomon de Brosse. These works were probably finished in spring 1626. On 1 April 1626, he signed

195-471: Was killed by the nobleman Erik Oxenstierna (1624-1656), a week after construction had begun. The building was completed by his son Jean de la Vallée whom he had trained as an architect. Other buildings designed by Simon de la Vallée include Axel Oxenstierna Palace , inspired by the Renaissance palaces of Raphael , and the octagonal Hedvig Eleonora Church , both in Stockholm. Simon de la Vallée

210-566: Was married at least four times, with: Simon de la Vallée designed or contributed to the design of the following buildings: Marin de la Vall%C3%A9e Marin de la Vallée , bourgeois de Paris , juré du Roy en l'office de massonnerye , architecte des bastiments de la Royne mère , (c. 1560 in Paris, died in May 1655 in Paris) was a 16th/17th-century French architect (master mason). His father Jean II de la Vallée and his grandfather Jean I, also

225-540: Was the son of Marin de la Vallée (1576–1655), an architect associated with the Paris Hôtel de Ville and the Luxembourg Palace . After studying under Salomon de Brosse (1571–1626), he spent the next eight years on several study trips, travelling in particular to Italy, Syria, Jerusalem and Persia. After returning to Paris in 1633, he was charged by Prince Frederick Henry of Orange to undertake work on

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