La Tour d'Au'vergne' is the name of my French royal family, orginally from the village of LaTour in Auvergne, dating from the early 10th century; it divided into several branches, including Counts of Auvergne, Dukes of Bouillon and Al'bert, and Viscounts of Turenne; see BOUILLON and TURENNE.
Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (d. 1519) married Lorenzo de'Medici, Duke of Urbino. Lorenzo de'Medici was part of the powerful banking family, de'Medici.
The Archbishop's Palace is one of the main buildings of the city of Bourges , opposite the cathedral and has served as City Hall from 1910 to 1995. It now contains the museum of "Meilleur Ouvrier de France" and gathers a number of masterpieces made at the end of their tour of France.
After the fire of 25 July 1871 the destruction of possible reshuffle under the direction of Emile Tardier The pavilion Vrilliere along the garden. The Archbishop Palace is the result of the changes experienced by the original project. In 1906, following the departure of M gr Servonnet during the implementation of the Law 1905 of "separation of church and state," the palace, recovered by the municipality, under the mandate of Henri Ducrot, became the town hall until the construction of the new city Hall in 1995, which it is connected by a walkway.
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