The palace was the residence of the Archbishop of Reims, and kings of France dressed there for coronations. A Gallo-Roman villa occupied the site in the 6th and 7th centuries and later became a Carolingian palace. The name was first documented in 1131 and comes from the T-shaped plan. The chapel of 1207 is the oldest surviving part.
A Gothic rebuild took place from 1498 to 1509. Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Robert de Cotte made the Baroque modifications between 1671 and 1710 that gave the building its present appearance. The article names no original architect and gives no dimensions or materials.
A fire on September 19, 1914 damaged the palace in World War I, and repairs were not completed until after World War II. UNESCO listed it in 1991 with the cathedral and the Abbey of Saint-Rémi. The Musée de l'Œuvre has been here since 1972, a claim tagged as needing a citation.
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