1. Versailles:
Home of the
"Sun King"

2. The Royal Coat of Arms for the
Bourbon Family

3. Young Louis XIV

4. Louis XIV

5. Louis XIV

6. L’ etat c’est moi!
By Hyacinthe Rigaud

7. Louis XIV’s Carriage

8. The Bourbon Family Crest

9. Louis XIV as Apollo

10. Louis XIV as Apollo
by Jean Nocret, 1670

11. The Sun Symbol

12. Marie Theresa & the Dauphin

13. Jean-Baptiste Colbert

14. Versailles Statistics
2,000 acres of grounds
12 miles of roads
27 miles of trellises
200,000 trees
210,000 flowers planted every year
80 miles of rows of trees
55 acres surface area of the Grand Canal
12 miles of enclosing walls
50 fountains and 620 fountain nozzles
21 miles of water conduits
3,600 cubic meters per hour: water consumed
26 acres of roof
51,210 square meters of floors
2,153 windows
700 rooms
67 staircases
6,000 paintings
1,500 drawings and 15,000 engravings
2,100 sculptures
5,000 items of furniture and objects d'art
150 varieties of apple and peach trees in the Vegetable Garden

15. Louis XIII’s Old Chateau

16. Versailles Today

17. Palais de Versailles

18. Palais de Versailles

19. Versailles Palace, Park Side

20. Garden View of Versailles

21. Chateau de Versailles

22. Chateau de Versailles

23. Versailles’ Northern Gardens

24. Gardens at Versailles

25. The Orangery

26. Fountains, Fountains, and More Fountains!

27. And More Fountains!

28. And More Fountains!

29. And Even More Fountains!!!

30. Temple of Love

31. Hall of Mirrors

32. The King’s Bed
The Queen’s Bed

33. Louis XIV’s Chapel

34. Louis XIV’s Chapel Altarpiece

35. Organ in Louis XIV’s Chapel

36. Louis XIV’s Opera Stage

37. Cabinet with Views of Versailles,

38. Louis XIV Furniture

39. The Gallery of Battles

40. Louis XV [reigned 1715 – 1774]

41. Madame de Pompadour…his mistress

42. Madame de Pompadour’s Bedroom

43. Petite Trianon, Madame de Pompadour’s Chateau

44. Louis XVI…the walking stomach
Louis at the age of 21

45. Marie Antoinette & Her Children

46. Marie Antoinette’s Boudoir

47. Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant” House

48. Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant’s Hut”