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  2. Hôtel de Ville, Versailles - Wikipedia

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    Marie Anne entertained in the building, which became known as the Hôtel de Conti. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After Marie Anne sold the building to a property speculator in 1715, it was acquired by King Louis XV to accommodate the Grand-Maître (head of the royal household), Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon , in 1723.

  3. Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia

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    The Palace of Versailles (/ v ɛər ˈ s aɪ, v ɜːr ˈ s aɪ / vair-SY, vur-SY; [1] French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj] ⓘ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Paris, in the Yvelines Department of Île-de-France region in France.

  4. List of châteaux in the Île-de-France - Wikipedia

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    Château de Launay, Orsay. Paris XI University seat. Château de Leuville, Leuville-sur-Orge. Château de Limon, Vauhallan. Château de Lormoy, Longpont-sur-Orge. Nursing home. Château du Marais, au Val-Saint-Germain. Place of death of Gaston Palewski, French politician. French Historic Monument. Accessible. Château de la Martinière, Saclay.

  5. List of palaces in France - Wikipedia

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    Château de Brézé; Château de Cayx, Cahors, a residence of the Danish Royal Family; Château de Chambord [2] Château de Châteaudun; Château de Châteauneuf; Château de Chantilly; Château de Chaumont; Château de Chenonceau; Château de Cheverny; Château de Commercy; Château de Condé; Château de Dissay [citation needed] Château d ...

  6. Salon d'Hercule - Wikipedia

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    Initially called the nouveau salon près de la chapelle (new salon near the chapel) when the room was started in 1710 by Robert de Cotte for Louis XIV. However, with the death of Louis XIV in 1715 the project was postponed (Verlet, 321). Beginning in 1724, work on the salon d’Hercule recommenced.

  7. Parts of Versailles will be turned into a hotel to pay the bills

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  8. History of the Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia

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    Histoire du Château de Versailles. Versailles Sous Louis XIV. (2 volumes). Paris: André Marty. OCLC 817037275. Vol. 2 at HathiTrust. Nolhac, Pierre de (1918). Histoire du Château de Versailles. Versailles au VIIIe siècle. Paris: Émile-Paul Frères. OCLC 897084052. Copy at Google Books. Oppermann, Fabien (2004). Images et usages du château ...

  9. Chapels of Versailles - Wikipedia

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    Le château de Versailles. Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard. Journals. Batiffol, Louis (April 1909). "Origine du château de Versailles". La Revue de Paris: 841– 869. Batiffol, Louis (November 1913). "Le château de Versailles de Louis XIII et son architecte Philbert le Roy". Gazette des Beaux-Arts. 4. pér., vol. 10: 341– 371. Berger ...