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Young Louis XIV
L’ etat c’est moi!
ByHyacinthe
Rigaud
Louis XIV’s Carriage
The Sun Symbol
Marie Theresa & the Dauphin
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Versailles Statisticsf 2,000 acres of groundsf 12 miles of roadsf 27 miles of trellisesf 200,000 treesf 210,000 flowers planted every yearf 80 miles of rows of treesf 55 acres surface area of the Grand Canalf 12 miles of enclosing wallsf 50 fountains and 620 fountain nozzlesf 21 miles of water conduitsf 3,600 cubic meters per hour: water consumedf 26 acres of rooff 51,210 square meters of floorsf 2,153 windowsf 700 roomsf 67 staircasesf 6,000 paintingsf 1,500 drawings and 15,000 engravingsf 2,100 sculptures f 5,000 items of furniture and objects d'artf 150 varieties of apple and peach trees in the Vegetable Garden
Louis XIII’s Old Chateau
Versailles Today
Palais de Versailles
Palais de Versailles
Chateau de Versailles
Versailles’ Northern Gardens
Chateau de Versailles Gardens
The Orangery
Fountains, Fountains, and More Fountains!
And More Fountains!
Temple of Love
Hall of
Mirrors
The Queen’s Bed
The King’s Bed
Louis XIV’s Chapel
Louis XIV’s Opera Stage
The Gallery of Battles
Marie Antoinette & Her Children
Marie Antoinette’s Boudoir
Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant” House
Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant’s Hut”
Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant’s Hut”
Louis XV [r. 1715 – 1774]
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