By: Melissa Resch

 Versailles was the royal residence of France from  The palace started as a hunting lodge for King Louis XIII, built in 1624  His son Louis XVI expanded it and turned it into the palace  The palace was redesigned in 1676, 1742 & 1755  There were three men in charge of the first project: Louis Le Vau, architect; Charles Le Brun, painter and decorator; and Andre Le Notre, landscape architect PALACE OF VERSAILLES HISTORY

 During the Seven Years War France lost most of its assets to Great Britain putting them in debt by 4000 million dollars- this is the beginning of the French Revolution  When Louis the XVI became king, was redesigned, and additions were made for Marie Antoinette  In 1788 the government went bankrupt  October 6,1789 an angry mob marched into the palace demanding bread, and then stormed into the queens room  When the monarchy fell the palace went to the new government, royal furniture and art work was sold MORE HISTORY

 Napoleon Bonaparte began the first work in restoration, which was continued by the new monarchy, Louis XVIII  In the 1930’s Louis-Phillip turned the palace into a museum  Art work and furniture was returned to the palace, by a decree in 1962  In 1986 the largest restoration took place involving 80 rooms  Because the building is so large only small area’s are open to the public BECOMING A MUSEUM

 In 1871 the Proclamation of the German Empire took place in the hall of mirrors  In 1919 the treaty of Versailles ending WWI also took place in the hall.  The Treaty of Trianon; a peace agreement between Austria- Hungry and the Allied Powers after WWI, 1920, took place in the palace OTHER HISTORY MADE IN VERSAILLES biw=1152&bih=683&tbm=isch&tbnid=UVqIOD0JvvxblM:&imgrefurl= naconfidential.blogspot.com/2009/06/demilitarization-myths-and-facts- from.html&docid=OEm7WQfGfnH7pM&imgurl= ojuBOgo0/Ske-iEKzZPI/AAAAAAAAHcU/5VaS-6GZ- 3o/s400/VersaillesTreaty.jpg&w=400&h=309&ei=exqxT7XhEYPH6AGL37mjC Q&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=851&vpy=134&dur=171&hovh=197&hovw=255&tx =193&ty=153&sig= &page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=213&st art=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0,i:93

 The palace is located in the city of Versailles, a suburb of Paris LOCATION ap+palace+of+versailles&um=1&hl= en&safe=active&biw=1152&bih=683 &tbm=isch&tbnid=4VxuUkfIxCIN5 M:&imgrefurl= world- guides.com/versailles_maps.html&doc id=mDOUJmi_b60KBM&imgurl=htt p://world- guides.com/images/paris/paris_map_ city.jpg&w=450&h=319&ei=LRuxT7 r7N8aF6QGtj5CeCQ&zoom=1

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 The entire palace and gardens are 19,262 acres, larger than Paris or Manhattan Island  The construction 116,438,892 livres, which is equal to about 2 billion, in todays dollars  The hall of mirrors contains 17 large chandeliers, and 26 smaller chandeliers, of solid silver, holding 1000 candles INTERESTING FACTS ww.visitin gdc.com/ paris/hall -of- mirrors- versailles. asp

 The palace is important because 3 generations of kings and queens lived there  The palace is the site of the beginning of the French revolution; when the women stormed the palace for bread  The palace is the site of the signing of many important treaties SIGNIFICANCE IN HISTORY tourtineraries/PARIS%20.htm

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