Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Palace of Versailles (/ v ɛər ˈ s aɪ, v ɜːr ˈ s aɪ / vair-SY, vur-SY; [1] French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj] ⓘ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Paris, in the Yvelines Department of Île-de-France region in France.
The Palace of Versailles is a royal château in Versailles, Yvelines, in the Île-de-France region of France. When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris , some 20 kilometres southwest of the French capital.
Treaty of Versailles (1 C, 33 P) Pages in category "History of the Palace of Versailles" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Jacques Gabriel was a designer, painter and architect of the 17th and 18th centuries and one of the most prominent designers of the Palace of Versailles in his lifetime. For his unique creativity and selflessness, he was always attended by Louis XIV and eventually became a trusted advisor to the monarch.
Portrait of Jules Hardoun Mansart by Hyacinthe Rigaud, with Les Invalides in background. Jules Hardouin-Mansart (French pronunciation: [ʒyl aʁdwɛ̃ mɑ̃saʁ]; 16 April 1646 – 11 May 1708) was a French Baroque architect and builder whose major work included the Place des Victoires (1684–1690); Place Vendôme (1690); the domed chapel of Les Invalides (1690), and the Grand Trianon of the ...
Philippe was born at the Palace of Versailles on 30 August 1730, the second son and fifth child of Louis XV of France and Marie Leszczyńska.As a son of the King, he held the rank of a fils de France ("son of France"), which also entitled him to the style of Royal Highness.
Between 1680 and 1830, the Grande Écurie was also home to the École de Versailles (literal French for "the Versailles School"), the cradle of French learned horsemanship. [citation needed] Between 1793 and 1794, the emblem on the pediment was removed. [1] From 1854, the stables were occupied by the army. [3]
The premises were returned to the Palace of Versailles in 2005 at the suggestion of National Assembly President Jean-Louis Debré. [ 5 ] The northern ministers' wing houses the lecturers' entrance and the school locker room, while the southern ministers' wing houses the princes' bookshop and the château's ticket office.