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Versailles: Home of the "Sun King"

Versailles: Home of the "Sun King". By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. Young Louis XIV. L’ouis XIV. L’ouis XIV. L’ etat c’est moi!. By Hyacinthe Rigaud. Louis XIV’s Carriage. The Bourbon Family Crest. L’ ouis XIV as Apollo. L’ ouis XIV as Apollo.

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Versailles: Home of the "Sun King"

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  1. Versailles: Home of the "Sun King" By: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. Young Louis XIV

  3. L’ouis XIV

  4. L’ouis XIV

  5. L’ etat c’est moi! ByHyacintheRigaud

  6. Louis XIV’s Carriage

  7. The Bourbon Family Crest

  8. L’ ouis XIV as Apollo

  9. L’ ouis XIV as Apollo by Jean Nocret, 1670

  10. The Sun Symbol

  11. Versailles Statistics • 2,000 acres of grounds • 12 miles of roads • 27 miles of trellises • 200,000 trees • 210,000 flowers planted every year • 80 miles of rows of trees • 55 acres surface area of the Grand Canal • 12 miles of enclosing walls • 50 fountains and 620 fountain nozzles • 21 miles of water conduits • 3,600 cubic meters per hour: water consumed • 26 acres of roof • 51,210 square meters of floors • 2,153 windows • 700 rooms • 67 staircases • 6,000 paintings • 1,500 drawings and 15,000 engravings • 2,100 sculptures • 5,000 items of furniture and objects d'art • 150 varieties of apple and peach trees in the Vegetable Garden

  12. Louis XIII’s Old Chateau

  13. Versailles Today

  14. Palais de Versailles

  15. Palais de Versailles

  16. Versailles Palace,Park Side

  17. Garden View of Versailles

  18. Chateau de Versailles

  19. Chateau de Versailles

  20. André Le Nôtre, Royal Gardener

  21. Versailles’ Northern Gardens

  22. Gardens at Versailles

  23. Chateau de Versailles Gardens

  24. The Orangery

  25. Grounds at Versailles

  26. The Lightening of the Belvedereby Claude Chatelet, 1781

  27. Fountains, Fountains, and More Fountains!

  28. And More Fountains!

  29. And More Fountains!

  30. And Even More Fountains!!!

  31. Temple of Love

  32. Hall ofMirrors

  33. The King’s Bed The Queen’s Bed

  34. Louis XIV’s Chapel

  35. Louis XIV’s Chapel Altarpiece

  36. Organ in Louis XIV’s Chapel

  37. Louis XIV’s Opera Stage

  38. Cabinet with Views of Versailles, 19c

  39. Louis XIV Furniture

  40. The Gallery of Battles

  41. Louis XV [r. 1715 – 1774]

  42. The “Hunts” of Louis XV

  43. Madame de Pompadour

  44. Madame de Pompadour’s Bedroom

  45. Petite Trianon,Madame de Pompadour’s Chateau

  46. Marie Antoinette & Her Children

  47. Marie Antoinette’s Boudoir

  48. Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant” House

  49. Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant’s Hut”

  50. Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant’s Hut”

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