By: Melissa Resch

PALACE OF VERSAILLES

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Versailles was the royal residence of France from 1682-

1789

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

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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

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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

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The palace is located in the city of Versailles, a suburb of Paris

LOCATION

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MAP OF THE PALACE

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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

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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

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