To learn more about this icon of French history, architecture, and opulence, AD chatted with Mathieu da Vinha, director of ...

The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI. Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors, decorators and landscape ...

In 1623, King Louis XIII built a hunting lodge at Versailles for his own pleasure. It wasn’t until his successor, King Louis XIV, took the throne that Versailles was expanded to become a grand ...

In 1623, King Louis XIII built a hunting lodge at Versailles for his own pleasure. It wasn’t until his successor, King Louis XIV, took the throne that Versailles was expanded to become a grand palace ...

The world’s most famous watch — made for Marie Antoinette — is among the treasures on display.

In this period too – the 1660s – the scientific societies were formed at the prompting of Louis XIV’s finance minister ... to the transport of water to Versailles; then to the study of ...

In Versailles we see her earning Louis’ trust ... The result is a pretty fair portrayal of King Louis XIV and his court, something historians can verify, within which a much darker secret ...

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Louis XIV insisted that the French aristocracy decamp from Paris to Versailles, where many of them endured cramped billets in rookeries under the eaves, while paying heavily for the privilege.

Dating back to the 17th century, the Palace of Versailles is one of France’s ... the most infamous monarchs in French history from Louis XIV to Marie Antoinette. Set across 2,014 acres, it ...