Alex Hill history102_versailles

CHÂTEAU DE VERSAILLES

By: Alex Hill

France’s Royal Jewel

KING LOUIS XIV’S PURPOSES FOR VERSAILLES… A home for himself

A home for thousands of High Nobility Aristocrats

Reception hall for political and state affairs

An work place for the members of King Louis XIV’s government

A symbol of French Absolutism and the power of King Louis XIV

ARCHITECTURE OF VERSAILLES

Hall of Mirrors Gardens

Fountains

THE ORANGERIE King Louis XIV had an

adoration of oranges

He had his architect, build an enclosed and heated structure to grow oranges during the winter

The Orangerie was 510 ft long and 69 ft long

It held around 2,000 orange trees

VERSAILLES DURING KING LOUIS XV

Turned his father’s bedroom and bathroom into a private dining room for 30 people

Built an opera house for 712 people

THE HAMEAU (THE HAMLET)

Marie Antoinette’s little town

Built from 1783-1785 Contained

a farm cottages with gardens a mill a dovecote (bird house) a tower with an

extravagant view Actual peasants lived

and worked on the land

AFTER THE HOUSE OF BOURBON The Palace of Versailles

remained empty during the French Revolution

In 1837, the Palace of Versailles was converted into a museum by King Louis-Philippe Dedicated to all of

the glories of the country

THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES The Treaty of Versailles

was signed in the Hall of Mirrors

The Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles because Paris is a famous place to

sign treaties Germany used the Palace

of Versailles in 1871 to declare it’s empire

RESTORATION

The Palace of Versailles went under restoration in 2003 and is expected to end in 2020Repave the roads“Make it sparkle”

CITES WORKED Jackson J. Spielvogel, Western Civilization, Volume II: Since 1500, Seventh Edition (Thomson

Higher Education, 2009), 455

Linda Tagliaferro, Palace of Versilles, France’s Royal Jewel (Bearport Publishing Company, Inc. 2005), 22-25

James Barter, The Palace of Versailles (Lucent Books, Inc 1999), 60

“The Building,” Last Modified October 28, 1988, http://splendors-versailles.org/TeachersGuide/Building/index.html

“United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,” Last Modified April 1, 2010, http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005425