The Jeu de Paume is not only a hotel but a game also. It was originally a French precursor of lawn tennis played without racquets.
The players hit the ball with their hands, as in volleyball, or certain varieties of pelota. Jeu de paume literally means: game of palm (of the hand). In time, gloves replaced bare hands. Even when bats, and finally racquets, became standard equipment for the game, the name did not change. It became known as “tennis” in English, and later “real tennis” after lawn tennis became more popular than the parent game.
The term is used in France today to denote the game of real tennis or a court in which the ancient or modern game might be played. The indoor version is sometimes called jeu de courte paume or just courte paume (short palm) to distinguish it from the outdoor version, longue paume, played on a longer court.
Some important buildings in France are known by the name jeu de paume. Several works of art also bear this name, including the famous serment du jeu de paume in the Palace of Versailles and an art museum with rotating exhibitions. But we will talk more about it in a next blog entry.
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