Poggio a Caiano I's tennis court (1543) intact but no longer in use. The "palatoia" (as the court was referred to in Tuscany - elsewhere known as "pallacorda") was built for Cosimo I at the same time as his court at Palazzo Pitti. The "tennis" of the Italian Renaissance was hugely popular at court and in the streets as in France where the sport is known as "jeu de paume". "Real tennis" (as it is called today), which requires a customised court with elaborate interior playing surfaces, is the model for modern tennis although the sport played in the Renaissance continues to be
Jeu de paume court and vowed that they would not disband before the proclamation of a formal Constitution for France. "Le Jeu de Paume" is a moral ode published in 1791 by André Chénier. In the 1981 film "The French Lieutenant's Woman", socialite Charles Smithson (Jeremy Irons) is seen playing "jeu de paume" in London. The 2014 Whitney Biennial exhibition featured the premiere of the stop-motion film "Jeu de Paume" by Joshua Mosley. Jeu de paume Jeu de paume (; ) is a ball-and-court game that originated in France. It was an indoor precursor of tennis played without racquets, though these were eventually