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Versailles: Home of the "Sun King"

Versailles: Home of the "Sun King". The Royal Coat of Arms for the Bourbon Family. Young Louis XIV. Louis XIV. Louis XIV. L’ etat c’est moi!. By Hyacinthe Rigaud. Louis XIV’s Carriage. The Bourbon Family Crest. Louis XIV as Apollo. Louis XIV as Apollo. by Jean Nocret, 1670.

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Versailles: Home of the "Sun King"

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  1. Versailles: Home of the "Sun King"

  2. The Royal Coat of Arms for the Bourbon Family

  3. Young Louis XIV

  4. Louis XIV

  5. Louis XIV

  6. L’ etat c’est moi! ByHyacintheRigaud

  7. Louis XIV’s Carriage

  8. The Bourbon Family Crest

  9. Louis XIV as Apollo

  10. Louis XIV as Apollo by Jean Nocret, 1670

  11. The Sun Symbol

  12. Marie Theresa & the Dauphin

  13. Jean-Baptiste Colbert

  14. 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

  15. Louis XIII’s Old Chateau

  16. Versailles Today

  17. Palais de Versailles

  18. Palais de Versailles

  19. Versailles Palace,Park Side

  20. Garden View of Versailles

  21. Chateau de Versailles

  22. Chateau de Versailles

  23. Versailles’ Northern Gardens

  24. Gardens at Versailles

  25. The Orangery

  26. Fountains, Fountains, and More Fountains!

  27. And More Fountains!

  28. And More Fountains!

  29. And Even More Fountains!!!

  30. Temple of Love

  31. Hall ofMirrors

  32. The King’s Bed The Queen’s Bed

  33. Louis XIV’s Chapel

  34. Louis XIV’s Chapel Altarpiece

  35. Organ in Louis XIV’s Chapel

  36. Louis XIV’s Opera Stage

  37. Cabinet with Views of Versailles,

  38. Louis XIV Furniture

  39. The Gallery of Battles

  40. Louis XV [reigned 1715 – 1774]

  41. Madame de Pompadour…his mistress

  42. Madame de Pompadour’s Bedroom

  43. Petite Trianon,Madame de Pompadour’s Chateau

  44. Louis XVI…the walking stomach Louis at the age of 21

  45. Marie Antoinette & Her Children

  46. Marie Antoinette’s Boudoir

  47. Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant” House

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

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