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The Potager du roi (Kitchen Garden of the King), near the Palace of Versailles, produced fresh vegetables and fruits for the table of the court of Louis XIV. It was created between 1678 and 1683 by Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie , the director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens.
Apollo costume worn by Louis XIV in the Ballet of the Night (1653) Henri (de) Gissey (ca 1621 – 1673) was a French draughtsman and designer who held the post of dessinateur de la Chambre et du cabinet de Roi in the Menus Plaisirs du Roi in the early years of Louis XIV of France.
The Ménagerie royale de Versailles (literal French for "Royal Menagerie of Versailles") was Louis XIV's first major project at Versailles. It was built even before the creation of the Grand Canal. Its construction was entrusted to the architect Louis Le Vau , who began work in 1663.
Louis XIV commissioned the chapel, its sixth, from Hardouin-Mansart and Le Brun in 1683–84. It was the last building constructed at Versailles during Louis XIV's reign. [54] [170] [171] Construction was delayed until 1699, however, [54] [170] and it was not completed until 1710. [170]
As symbol of France's new prominence as a European super-power, Louis XIV officially installed his court at Versailles in May 1682. [ 15 ] Hardouin-Mansart designed two new monumental wings to address Versailles's accommodation problems: the South Wing, known as the Aile des Princes because it housed the Princes of the Blood, was the first to ...
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Promenade of Louis XIV surrounded by the court in the northern parterre of the Versailles gardens, circa 1688. At the beginning of his reign, Louis XIV still followed the tradition of an itinerant court, which moved to the Louvre Palace or the châteaux of Saint-Germain , Vincennes , Fontainebleau or even Chambord , depending on the hunting ...
The appartement du roi or King's Apartment [1] is the suite of rooms in the Palace of Versailles that served as the living quarters of Louis XIV.Overlooking the Marble Court (cour de marbre), these rooms are situated in the oldest part of the chateau in rooms originally designated for use by the queen in Louis XIII's chateau.