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After viewing this PowerPoint, you will be asked to write a description of the palace of Versailles.
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Young Louis XIV
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L’ouis XIV
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L’ etat c’est moi! By Hyacinthe Rigaud By Hyacinthe Rigaud
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Louis XIV’s Carriage
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The Bourbon Family Crest
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L’ ouis XIV as Apollo
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by Jean Nocret, 1670
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The Sun Symbol
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Louis XIV Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1665
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Marie Theresa & the Dauphin
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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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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Louis XIII’s Old Chateau
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Versailles Today
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Palais de Versailles
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Versailles Palace, Park Side
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Garden View of Versailles
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Chateau de Versailles
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André Le Nôtre, Royal Gardener
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Versailles’ Northern Gardens
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Gardens at Versailles
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Chateau de Versailles Gardens
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The Orangery
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Grounds at Versailles
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The Lightening of the Belvedere by Claude Chatelet, 1781
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Fountains, Fountains, and More Fountains!
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And More Fountains!
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And Even More Fountains!!! You are listening to Mozart’s Serenade #9
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Temple of Love
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Hall of Mirrors
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The Queen’s Bed The King’s Bed
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Louis XIV’s Chapel
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Louis XIV’s Chapel Altarpiece
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Organ in Louis XIV’s Chapel
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Louis XIV’s Opera Stage
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Cabinet with Views of Versailles, 19c
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Louis XIV Furniture
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The Gallery of Battles
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Louis XV [r. 1715 – 1774]
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The “Hunts” of Louis XV
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Madame de Pompadour
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Madame de Pompadour’s Bedroom
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Petite Trianon, Madame de Pompadour’s Chateau
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Marie Antoinette & Her Children
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Marie Antoinette’s Boudoir
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Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant” House
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Marie Antoinette’s “Peasant’s Hut”
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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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