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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.
Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France The Bureau du Roi ( French pronunciation: [byʁo dy ʁwa] , 'the King's desk'), also known as Louis XV's roll-top desk ( French : Secrétaire à cylindre de Louis XV ), is the richly ornamented royal cylinder desk which was constructed at the end of Louis XV 's reign, and is now again in the Palace of ...
To safeguard the palace, the assembly ordered the palace of Versailles to be sealed. On 20 October 1792 a letter was read before the National Convention in which Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière , interior minister, proposed that the furnishings of the palace and those of the residences in Versailles that had been abandoned be sold and that ...
The Galerie des Carrosses - formerly the Musée des Carrosses, until 2006 - is a history and transport museum in Versailles (Yvelines), France, featuring a collection of carriages, mainly from the 19th century. Part of the Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles, it is housed in the Grande Écurie.
The Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles (French: Établissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles) is a French public establishment founded in 1995, and working under the supervision of the French Ministry of Culture, in order to administer the Palace of Versailles.
Artworks in the collections of the Palace of Versailles. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. P.