1. VERSAILLES Enormity… * half-mile long * 1,852 individual apartments * 1,252 fireplaces * 2,143 windows * stables for over 2,000 royal horses * 19, 262 acres of hunting grounds & gardens (30 sq. miles) (entire estate larger than the island of Manhattan, NY) * 235 acres of FORMAL gardens * 15 small parks covering 4,200 acres * 14, 827 acre hunting park

2. VERSAILLES Enormity… * 5,000 French nobles REQUIRED to live there * 7,000 servants * 4,000 foot soldiers as guards * 4,000 guards on horseback * During construction: * 36,000 workers * 6,000 horses * Indoor orangerie 510’ x 69’, held 2000 orange trees in winter * Grand Canal 4,937’ long x 204’ wide (east-west) 3,291’ long x 204’ wide (north-south) * Over 1,400 fountains and pools

3. Hall of Mirrors… * 35’ long x 246’ long x 40’ tall * Solid silver tables and planters under each window * Curtains contained 130 pounds of gold thread * 17 large silver chandeliers and 26 small ones holding 1000 candles lit the room Cost… * In 1999 dollars approx. $2 Billion * Human lives – hundreds died of: * illness * buried alive in mud slides * trampled by the thousands of horses used VERSAILLES