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2 After viewing this PowerPoint, you will be asked to write a description of the palace of Versailles.

3 Young Louis XIV

4 L’ouis XIV

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

7 Louis XIV’s Carriage

8 The Bourbon Family Crest

9 L’ ouis XIV as Apollo

10 by Jean Nocret, 1670

11 The Sun Symbol

12 Louis XIV Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1665

13 Marie Theresa & the Dauphin

14 Jean-Baptiste Colbert

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

16 Louis XIII’s Old Chateau

17 Versailles Today

18 Palais de Versailles

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20 Versailles Palace, Park Side

21 Garden View of Versailles

22 Chateau de Versailles

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24 André Le Nôtre, Royal Gardener

25 Versailles’ Northern Gardens

26 Gardens at Versailles

27 Chateau de Versailles Gardens

28 The Orangery

29 Grounds at Versailles

30 The Lightening of the Belvedere by Claude Chatelet, 1781

31 Fountains, Fountains, and More Fountains!

32 And More Fountains!

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34 And Even More Fountains!!! You are listening to Mozart’s Serenade #9

35 Temple of Love

36 Hall of Mirrors

37 The Queen’s Bed The King’s Bed

38 Louis XIV’s Chapel

39 Louis XIV’s Chapel Altarpiece

40 Organ in Louis XIV’s Chapel

41 Louis XIV’s Opera Stage

42 Cabinet with Views of Versailles, 19c

43 Louis XIV Furniture

44 The Gallery of Battles

45 Louis XV [r. 1715 – 1774]

46 The “Hunts” of Louis XV

47 Madame de Pompadour

48 Madame de Pompadour’s Bedroom

49 Petite Trianon, Madame de Pompadour’s Chateau

50 Marie Antoinette & Her Children

51 Marie Antoinette’s Boudoir

52 Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant” House

53 Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant’s Hut”

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


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