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

2. Young Louis XIV

3. L’ouis XIV

4. L’ouis XIV

5. L’ etat c’est moi!
By Hyacinthe Rigaud

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. Louis XIV Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1665

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. Versailles Palace, Park Side

19. Garden View of Versailles

20. Chateau de Versailles

21. Chateau de Versailles

22. André Le Nôtre, Royal Gardener

23. Versailles’ Northern Gardens

24. Gardens at Versailles

25. Chateau de Versailles Gardens

26. The Orangery

27. Grounds at Versailles

28. The Lightening of the Belvedere by Claude Chatelet, 1781

29. Fountains, Fountains, and More Fountains!

30. And More Fountains!

31. And More Fountains!

32. And Even More Fountains!!!

33. Temple of Love

34. Hall of Mirrors

35. The King’s Bed
The Queen’s Bed

36. Louis XIV’s Chapel

37. Louis XIV’s Chapel Altarpiece

38. Organ in Louis XIV’s Chapel

39. Louis XIV’s Opera Stage

40. Louis XIV Furniture