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The Palace of Palace of Versailles
•Located in Paris
•17 century
•Built by Louis the XIV
•Sun king
www.Parisdigest.com
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•Louis XIII
•1624 Commissioned a hunting lodge
•1661 the gardens were added
•Louis le Vau
•1668-1690
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•1685
•36,000 people, 6,000 horses
•500 meters long
•50 years to finish!!
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Hall of Mirrors! •17 chandlers, 26 smaller
ones
•Over 1000 candles
•Treaty of Versailles
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The Chapel •28 years
•Devotion to the catholic church
•5 Chapels!
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•Royalty traveled in carriages around Versailles
•Stables
•2,000 horses
•Fireplaces
•Gold floors
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Marie Antoinette’s
Room •Private apartments
•Largest room
•Purpose of the room was to give birth in public
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The Infamous Gardens
•Set on 19,262 acres
•Bigger than Manhattan Island!!
•Over 400 Statues
•Musical fountains
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•2,143 Windows
•1,525 fire places
•67 staircases
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•18743 converted into a French museum
•3,000 paintings