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The Menus-Plaisirs du Roi (French pronunciation: [məny pleziʁ dy ʁwa]) was, in the organisation of the French royal household under the Ancien Régime, the department of the Maison du Roi responsible for the "lesser pleasures of the King", which meant in practice that it was in charge of all the preparations for ceremonies, events and festivities, down to the last detail of design and order.
The Manuscrit du Roi was recorded in 1992 by the Ensemble Perceval, and was published in 1993 by Arion. Estampies & Danses Royales by Hespèrion XXI and Jordi Savall (2008) [1] Various songs and instrumental pieces from the Manuscrit du Roi feature on the CD Music for a Medieval Prince (2012) recorded by Trouvere Medieval Minstrels.
Palais-Royal, Paris: 1. Ministère de la Culture - 2. Conseil constitutionnel - 3. Conseil d'État - 4. Comédie-Française - 5. Théâtre éphémère - 6. Colonnes de Buren - 7. Théâtre du Palais-Royal. Today, the Palais-Royal is the home of the Conseil d'État, the Constitutional Council, and the Ministry of Culture.
[11] [12] Broadcast on France 2 from 7 November to 28 November 2005, [13] its five episodes are named after novels 1–3 and 5–6 (the exception being La Loi des mâles). [14] The series premiered with 8.6 million viewers, and the finale garnered over 6.2 million viewers. Overall Les Rois maudits averaged 7.2 million viewers, an audience share ...
The director general was assisted by the first architect to the King (premier architecte du Roi) and the first painter to the King (premier peintre du Roi), a staff of inspectors, architects and several hundred workmen. [4] Much of the work was left to the director's first lieutenants, such as Robert de Cotte and Gilles-Marie Oppenord.
The French Guards (French: Régiment des Gardes françaises, pronounced [ʁeʒimɑ̃ de ɡaʁd fʁɑ̃sɛz]) were an elite infantry regiment of the French Royal Army.They formed a constituent part of the maison militaire du roi de France ("military household of the king of France") under the Ancien Régime.
The film focuses on the Troisgros family's Michelin 3-star restaurant "Le Bois sans feuilles" ('The Woods Without Leaves') and the farms which provide them the food, with more brief segments focusing on two other Troisgros' restaurants, Le Central and La Colline du Colombier.
The Potager du roi (Kitchen Garden of the King), near the Palace of Versailles, produced fresh vegetables and fruits for the table of the court of Louis XIV. It was created between 1678 and 1683 by Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie , the director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens.