palace of versailles

1. PALACE OF VERSAILLES
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Palace of Versailles, was a former
French royal residence and centre
of government,now a national
landmark. It is located in the city
of versailles..
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5. Floor area 67,000 m2
Number of rooms 2,300
Number of windows 2153
Staircases 67
Paintings in the museum
’s collection
6,123
Drawings in museum’s c
ollection
1,500
Engravings in museum’s
collection
15,034
Sculptures in museum’s
collection
2,102

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•The palace was built for king louis 14th reigned 1643-1715
•built as a hunting lodge for louis 13th.
•The paris of versailles built on 1661 by architect louis le vau,landscape
architect andrele Notre,and painter decorater charles le brun
•louis the 16th and marie antoinette lived there last and were killed during
the french Revoluction.
•It contains seven hundred rooms,extensive gardens and lavish decoration
In 1682 versailles became the official residence of the king.

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2014 acres in area
unesco world heritage site.
•Now it’s a museum open to the public.
•When the chateau was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a part
of Paris, some 20 kilometres southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the cen
tre of political power in France from 1682

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GARDEN,PALACE OF VERSAILLES

9. View of the palace of versaillas from the water parterre side

10. • Grand apartments
• Queens apartments
• Kings apartments
• Hall of mirrors
• Chapels
• Museum
• Gardens
• Grand canal
• Walks
• Fountains
• Royal opera
It Includes

12. • Pink- apartments of dauphine(eldest son/prince)
• Light blue –apartments of dauphin
• Purple-apartments of duchesse d angouleme(eldest
daughter of louis 16th)
• Yellow-apartments of madame victoire(7th child of louis 15,
Victoire was often described as the most beautiful of the
kings daughters.)
• Green-apartments of madame adelaide(6th child of louis
15)
• Grey-apartments of captain of the guards
• Purple 7-apartments of marie antoinette(wife of louis 16)
• Brown- staircases
Ground floor

13. Hall of mirrors
Marble court
17C gallery
Battle gallery
First floor

15. Hall of mirrors
• The hall of mirrors is the central gallery of the palace of
versailles.
• created after the dutch war in 1678 by louis 14
• The key feature of this room is a series of seventeen arcaded
windows.
• Most famous room
• 17 arcaded mirrors
• Large windows
• 73 meters long,10.5 meters wide
• Decorated with chandeliers ,thousands of
candles,paintings,sculptures and bronze
• Each arch contains 21 mirrors.

16. The hall of mirrors

17. The Gallery of Great battles

18. •The garden executed in the french formal garden style or ‘jardin a la
francaise’
(this style is characterized by its lawns,flowers,numerous fountains and
sculptures. jardin a la française
is a style of garden based on
symmetry and the principle of
imposing order on nature.)
GARDEN

19. •230 acres Begun by louis 14 in 1661
•40 years of construction
• Includes grand canal
• 50 fountains, 2 lakh trees
•The apollo fountain is the centerpiece
depicting the Greek god Apollo rising
from the sea in a four-horse chariot.

20. APOLLO FOUNTAIN

21. The princess stairway