by: Borja Álvarez

palace of versailles

• Structure of the palace

• From whom was it

Index

-important places

Map of the palace

Important places• Museum of the history of France• The Royal opera• Hall of the mirrors• great bedroom of the king• hall of the congress• The real chapel• The great bedroom of the queen

Museum of the history of France

In the XIX century Versalles became a museum of the history of France, dedicated to all the glories France

Royal operaWhen it open it was the biggest hall of showoff all Europe It was planned with the rule of Luis XIV and it wasn´t finish until the rule of his successor finish

Hall of the mirrorsThe large gallery such us it was named in the XVII century

was a crossing point, a waiting room.It only was exceptionally an scenery of ceremonies.

Great bedroom of the kingit is composed by seven halls in linnet was a

bedroom for the team in oficial ceremonies of the sovereign. It was decorated like the palaces of italy. Its seven halls are:‘El salon de Hercules’, ‘El salon de la Abundancia’, ‘El salon de Venus’, ‘El salon Diana’, ‘El salon de Apolo/Marte/Mercurio’

‘El salon de Hercules’

‘El salonde Apolo’

Hall of the congressIn the XIX century the republic appropriate of the palace,impregnateof the decoration of the sun king.The south wings build later on, to stay the royal sons and the prince of blood and in 1837 it changes radical transforming to the museum of the history of France.

Real chapelIn the French monarchy the king is like the representativeof the god, the pictures and sculptures say this.Luis XIV only know this for 5 years because it doesn´t finish until 1710.

Great bedroom of the queenit is symmetric to the King´s bedroom,the queen

sleep here so this make more changes in the decoration along the XVIII century.’La cámara de la Reina’,Èl salon de los nobles’,’La antecamara del Gran Cubierto’.

-Where the queen sleep-Where some lunches were celebrated

From whom was it?

The palace was from Luis XIV.It was so decorated to express the power of the monarch.Luis XIV start his authority when he was very young.He change the symbol of the monarchy from the lili flower to the sun, thats why he was named the sun god. He controlled the nobility with parties, for avoids revolt from the nobility to the king.