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The Elysee Palace in France enjoys equal popularity in the world with the Buclangham Palace in the United Kingdom, the Kremlin in Russia as well as the White House in the U.S. It is the residence of the president ofthe French Republic and the symbol of the supreme authority in the France. 法国的爱丽合官与英国的白金汉官、俄国的克里姆林官以及美国的白宫一样闻名于世。她是法兰西共和国的总统府和法国最高权力的象征。 The Elysee Palace, with an area of 11,000 square meters, is at the easten end ofthe Champs Elysee in the bustling city of Pairs and backed by a large and tranquil garden of more than twenty thousand square meters. Is main building, quite handsome and graceful, is a two story classical stone architecture of European style, flanked by two side bruldings facing each other and with an extensive rectangular courtyard in the middle. There are altogether 369 halls and rooms of different size. 爱丽合官位于巴黎香榭丽合大街东端，它占地1 1000平方米，地处喧闹的市中心，背靠一个2万多平方米的恬静大花园o 它的主楼，是一座两层的欧式古典石建筑，庄重典雅，两侧各有一座建筑，相峙而立，中间是一个宽敞的矩形庭院，官内一共有369间大小不等的厅室。 The Elysee Palace, built in 1718, has a long history of closing to 300 years to date. This house was at first a private residence of a count namedEvreau, hence it was called Hotel dEvreau. It had later gone through many vicissitudes and its owners had been changed for many times, but all the dwellers in it were distinguished personages and high officials.The house was renamed Bonaparte Mansion when it was owned by Louis 15 and Louis 16 successively when they acted as emperors. Napoleon I signed his act of abdication here when he had suffered crushing defeat in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Napoleon 3 moved in the Mansion in 1848 when he was elected president, and the house became a Royal Palace when he proclaimed himself as emperor. The Third French Republic issued a decreee in 1873, designating officially the Elysee Palace as the residence of president of the French Republic. Over the hundred odd years since then, almost all the president of the French Republic worked and lived there. Starting from 1989, the Elysee Palace is open to the public every year in September on the French Castles Day. | 
