Le Chateau de Versailles

By Blair Barone

Le Chateau de Versailles

By Lisette Barone

France

• Le chateau de Versailles is a famous museum outside of Paris.

• It is one of the most visited monuments in France.

Le Chateau de Versailles

Le chateau de Versailles• Before Le chateau de Versailles Was a palace, it was a Modest hunting lodge.• Louis XIV stated he was building palace in 1660 and it was finished in 1715.• It was to replace the Louvre which at the

time was going to be Louis XIV palace.• Until 1789 it was the political heart of

France.

Grand Trianon

• The Grand Trianon was built in 1687 and was Louis XIV “summer retreat”.

The Grand Trianon was also known as the Marble Trianon.

Petit Trianon

• The Petit Trianon was built for Madame du Barry the mistress of Louis XV.

The Gardens

• The gardens were designed and built between 1661 and 1700.

• Everything in the gardens are symmetrical.

• They cover almost 250 acres of land.

Le Chateau De Versailles

Famous Rooms• The Treaty of Versailles was signed in

the hall of mirrors ending the French Revolution.

• Hall of Mirrors• Napoleon and his wife had a room in the palace of Versailles.• Most of the furniture in his room was

auctioned off during the French Revolution

Hall of Mirrors

Famous rooms• The Queens bed chamber still looks like it was when Marie Antoinette was living there.

The Queens Room

Napoleon's bedroom• The kings room was so richly decorated it had famous pieces of artwork set into the wood paneling.

Kings room

Famous rooms• Louis the XIV, XI, and XVI all attended mass everyday in this chapel Royal.

• Every single inch of stone in the chapel was delicately carved.

• The only thing colored in the chapel was the marble floor and the ceiling.

Famous Rooms• It was only in 1770 that “the Opera house ” was made.

• Louis the XVI and Marie Antoinette were the first people to get married there.

• The Opera house was so big that 10,000 candles were used to light it each night.

Claim to Fame

• It’s a big part of Frances History.• king’s used to live there.• A lot of important govern- ment decisions were made there.

Interesting Facts

• Back when the Kings were living there 25% of the entire nations income was used to maintain Versailles.

• Each room in Versailles is Dedicated to an Olympian city.

• The town of Versailles around the Palate was used to lodge the people that helped the king.

• Most of the Palace can only be viewed from a guided tour.

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