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My History 102 Project about the Palace of VersaillesTRANSCRIPT
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