Bellringer1. Describe your dream house.

(what color, how many rooms, special things, what city?, what part of the city?, etc)

Sultan of Brunei

• 7000+ cars!

AbsolutismHow would “Divine Right” give monarchs

absolute control?

Examples from

our society?

King Louis XIV (14th) • France

• 1638-1715

• “Sun King”

• Catholic

• “I am the State”

King Louis XIV In 1664, the King wanted to

show that his country was the greatest country in Europe, but he was also concerned that many of his “friends” in his Paris palace were conspiring against him. He needed to build a new palace, where should he build it and what should he

put in it? (no cars, tv or computers yet)

Palace of Versailles

Palace of Versailles

Versailles

Versailles• $2billion to build

• 36,000 construction workers

• 6,000 horses lived there

• 2,000 rooms

• 1,400 fountains

• 15,000 acres of gardens

• Video cliphttp://en.chateauversailles.fr/homepage

½ sheet1. 3 ways King Louis XIV’s house is different

from your house

2. 3 ways you could incorporate the architecture Palace of Versailles into your future house

3. What is more important to you, having a house with many rooms, or better items in your house? explain