His father, the Seigneur de mansart, had done great services in the war of independence, had been an intimate friend of the great Prince of Orange, and had even advanced large sums of money to assist his noble efforts to liberate the country.
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The near-by Palace of Justice, built by mansart in 1680 and enlarged for its present use in 1840, was the former Episcopal Palace.
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That part of the structure built by mansart for Gaston d'Orleans appears strange, solemn, and superfluous in connection with the sumptuousness of the earlier portions.
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