the palace of versailles

Versailleshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/8851994@N05/3839562088/

Gardens of Versailles•Extended by Marie Antoinette

•800 hectares of land

•Fountains

•Andre le Notre

•West of Palace

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Hall of Mirrors•June 28th, 1919• Treaty of Versailles

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Fountains of VersaillesFountain of

Latone•1668-1670•Episode from Myhtology

Fountain of Apollon

•1668-1671•Sun god lighting the sky

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When was it built?

• 1661• architect Louis Le Vau, landscape

architect André Le Nôtre, and painter-decorator Charles Le Brun

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For Whom was it built?

• Louis the 14th

• Reigned 1643-1715• Longest documented reign of any

European Monarch

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Why Was it Built?

• Was originally a hunting lodge• Became where Court met• Living Quarters for Court, King &

Queen Etc.

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Who lived there last?

• Louis the 16th & Marie Antoinette • Killed during the French Revolution

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During the War…•Items of high worth were sold

•Many items damaged due to riots

•Hospital for wounded soldiers “Hotel des invalides”

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Restoration

•Gardens were Replanted

•Gold and silver items were taken out to be copied

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What is it used for now?• Now it is a museum open to the

public• Court still assembles here as well.• Movie “Marie Antoinette” was filmed on Versailles grounds.

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Where is it located?

• 20km SW of Paris

• Elevated Plateau

• Surrounded by woods

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Sources used

• www.flickr.com• www.wikipedia.com• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versailles#Geography• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles