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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 Royal Stables were given pride of place opposite the Cour d'Armes in front of the main palace, on either side of the Avenue de Paris, the main approach to Versailles from Paris. Far from being simply utilitarian, Hardouin-Mansart designed two Neoclassical buildings of equal size and grandeur, capable of housing thousands of horses and the ...
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.
PARIS (AP) — France is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles III's state visit at one of its most magnificent and emblematic monuments: the Palace of Versailles, which celebrates its 400th ...
Preparations are underway for the gardens of the Versailles Palace to welcome Olympic horse riders and tens of thousands of visitors when it hosts equestrian and modern pentathlon events during ...
The petit appartement du roi (French: [pɛtit‿apaʁtmɑ̃ dy ʁwa]) of the Palace of Versailles is a suite of rooms used by Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. Located on the first floor of the palace, the rooms are found in the oldest part of the palace dating from the reign of Louis XIII .
Located 10 miles outside of Paris, the Palace of Versailles was a hunting lodge that was transformed into a home for French royalty by Louis XIV in the 17th century. Kings and queens lived at ...
The grand appartement du roi is the King's grand apartment of the Palace of Versailles. As a result of Louis Le Vau 's envelope of Louis XIII ’s château, constructed as part of Louis XIV 's second building campaign (1669–1672), the King and Queen had new apartments in the new addition, known at the time as the château neuf (new palace).