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The Royal Opera of Versailles (French: Opéra royal de Versailles) is the main theatre and opera house of the Palace of Versailles. Designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel , it is also known as the Théâtre Gabriel . [ 2 ]
In 1748, Louis XV began construction of a palace theatre, the Royal Opera of Versailles at the northernmost end of the palace, [85] [86] but completion was delayed until 1770; [86] [87] construction was interrupted in the 1740s by the War of the Austrian Succession and then again in 1756 with the start of the Seven Years' War.
The second chapel was constructed as part of Louis XIV's second building campaign (1669–1672), when Louis Le Vau constructed the Château Neuf.When the new part of the château was completed, the chapel was situated in the Grand appartement de la reine and formed the symmetrical pendant with the Salon de Diane in the Grand appartement du roi.
The deputies slept in the Hall of Mirrors and held their sessions in the Royal Opera house. For warmth, they burnt wood paneling that was in storage. [75] After the Commune was suppressed, the Versailles Opera was the seat of the National Assembly until the Third Republic was definitively established in 1875.
English: Château de Versailles at Paris in France Français : Château de Versailles, Opéra. This building is indexed in the base Mérimée , a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture , under the reference PA00087673 .
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The historic Versailles Palace Gardens will soon host the Paris Olympics equestrian sports. Meanwhile, the select riders in the National Equestrian Academy who handle the palace's famed royal ...
For the next seven years, during the Régence of Philippe d'Orléans, the royal court of the young King Louis XV was the first in Paris, while the Regent governed from his Parisian residence, the Palais-Royal. Versailles was again the unofficial capital of France from June 1722, when Louis XV returned to Versailles, until October 1789, when a ...
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