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The Versailles Orangery, just to the south of the palace, [203] was first built by Le Vau in 1663, [204] originally as part of the general moving of earth to create the Estate. [191] It was also modified by Mansart, who, from 1681 to 1685, totally rebuilt it and doubled its size.
The Palace of Versailles is a royal château in Versailles, Yvelines, in the Île-de-France region of France. When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris, some 20 kilometres southwest of the French capital.
The long interior gallery which forks west from the main wing was built on the spot of a favorite outdoor promenade that Louis XIV enjoyed at the old Trianon de porcelaine. The interior design scheme departed significantly from what Louis XIV and his architects had established at the Palace of Versailles.
The King's Stables are located in Versailles, at 5 Carnot street, a few hundred meters from the Palace.Constituting the Royal Stables (an institution employing hundreds of people [1] at the time of Louis XIV's installation at Versailles), they were built in 1672.
The Palace of Versailles, one of the most famous landmarks in the world, is about to be turned into a hotel. The chateau's constructions began in 1664 and the palace became the house of France's ...
Louis XIII built the original hunting lodge that would become the Palace of Versailles under his son and successor Louis XIV. Henceforth Versailles was the possession of the Gondi family, a family of wealthy and influential parliamentarians at the Parlement of Paris.
The Petit Trianon (French pronunciation: [pəti tʁijanɔ̃]; French for "small Trianon") is a Neoclassical style château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. It was built between 1762 and 1768 during the reign of King Louis XV of France.
Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles. The Hall of Mirrors (French: Grande Galerie, Galerie des Glaces, Galerie de Louis XIV) is a grand Baroque style gallery and one of the most emblematic rooms in the royal Palace of Versailles near Paris, France.