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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

The Sun Symbol

Marie Theresa & the Dauphin

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

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

Louis XIII’s Old Chateau

Versailles Today

Palais de Versailles

Palais de Versailles

Versailles Palace, Park Side

Garden View of Versailles

Chateau de Versailles

Chateau de Versailles

Versailles’ Northern Gardens

Gardens at Versailles

The Orangery

Fountains, Fountains, and More Fountains!

And More Fountains!

And More Fountains!

And Even More Fountains!!!

Temple of Love

Hall of Mirrors

The King’s Bed The Queen’s Bed

Louis XIV’s Chapel

Louis XIV’s Chapel Altarpiece

Organ in Louis XIV’s Chapel

Louis XIV’s Opera Stage

Cabinet with Views of Versailles,

Louis XIV Furniture

The Gallery of Battles

Louis XV [reigned 1715 – 1774]

Madame de Pompadour…his mistress

Madame de Pompadour’s Bedroom

Petite Trianon, Madame de Pompadour’s Chateau

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

Marie Antoinette & Her Children

Marie Antoinette’s Boudoir

Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant” House

Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant’s Hut”