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2. Grand appartement du roi - Wikipedia

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   The grand appartement du roi is the King's grand apartment of the Palace of Versailles. As a result of Louis Le Vau 's envelope of Louis XIII ’s château, constructed as part of Louis XIV 's second building campaign (1669–1672), the King and Queen had new apartments in the new addition, known at the time as the château neuf (new palace).

3. Appartement du roi - Wikipedia

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   The appartement du roi or King's Apartment [1] is the suite of rooms in the Palace of Versailles that served as the living quarters of Louis XIV.Overlooking the Marble Court (cour de marbre), these rooms are situated in the oldest part of the chateau in rooms originally designated for use by the queen in Louis XIII's chateau.

4. Petit appartement du roi - Wikipedia

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   The most significant modifications to the petit apartment du roi at this time were the relocation of the degré du roi (1760 plan #4), the construction of the salle à manger des retours de chasses (1750) (1760 plan #5), and the pièce des buffets (1754) (1760 plan #6) (Verlet 1985, p. 473-474).

5. Grand appartement de la reine - Wikipedia

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   Plan of the Palace of Versailles c. 1676 (before the third building campaign), with the Queen's grand apartment marked in yellow The Queen's bedchamber. There is a barely discernible hidden door in the corner near the jewel cabinet by Schwerdfeger (1787) through which Marie Antoinette escaped the night of 5/6 October 1789 when the Paris mob stormed Versailles.

6. Horses show off in Versailles, keeping alive royal tradition ...

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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 ...

7. Galerie des Batailles - Wikipedia

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   The Galerie des Batailles (French: [ɡalʁi de bataj]; English: "Gallery of Battles") is a gallery occupying the first floor of the Aile du Midi of the Palace of Versailles, joining onto the grand and petit appartement de la reine. 120 m (390 ft) long and 13 m (43 ft) wide, it is an epigone of the Grande Galerie of the Louvre and was intended ...