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Louis XIV had hunted at Versailles in the 1650s, [15] [18] but did not take any special interest in Versailles until 1661. [27] On 17 August 1661, [28] Louis XIV was a guest at a sumptuous festival hosted by Nicolas Fouquet, the Superintendent of Finances, at his palatial residence, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte.
Pierre de Nolhac resigned his long held position as Curator of Versailles in 1920; his colleague André Pératé assumed the head role and oversaw the palace for the next 13 years. [80] By the early 1920s, years of accumulating neglect had taken a serious toll on the physical condition of the palace and gardens.
The perpendicular branch (which was dug first), running north-south and 1.5 km (0.93 mi) long, is made up of two branches: the northern branch, running towards Trianon , is 400 metres (1,300 ft) long, while the southern branch, running towards the Royal Menagerie (no longer in existence), is 600 m (2,000 ft) long.
The Gardens of Versailles (French: ... (a long and narrow bosquet created in 1671 that featured a water bower made by numerous jets of water), the enlarged bosquet ...
Versailles was made the préfecture of the Yvelines département, the largest chunk of the former Seine-et-Oise. At the 2017 census the Yvelines had 1,438,266 inhabitants. [7] Versailles is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (bishopric) which was created in 1790.
A hall of mirrors accents the affluence of Versailles. It’s a long corridor filled with mirrors, which were a luxury hundreds of years ago. “This is incredible,” Savannah said.