Entrance to the Palais Conti

The main door
The main door, with the monogram of Louis XV, is surmounted by the royal tympanum framed by
Mercury (commerce)
and Ceres (agriculture).

The peristyle
The entrance hall is made up of a central aisle, covered by a coffered vault and flanked by two side aisles, evenly interspersed with twenty eight Doric pillars, fluted on their upper part.