1. The Palace of Versailles
Risha Sheni
Period 5
Global 10

2. Description
• Versailles, France
• Northern France
• 10 miles from Paris
• 2,014 acres
• Served as French
royalty’s estate
• Served as national
government center
• Currently a museum

3. History
• Represents absolutism
and affluent royal
• Built as hunting lodge
(1631-1634) for Louis
XIII
• Louis XIV (right)
renovated (1661-1710) it
into the lavish estate
that it is today
• UNESCO World heritage
site

4. Breakdown
• Grand Apartments
• Queen’s apartments
• King’s apartments
• Hall of Mirrors
• Chapels
• L’Opera
• Museum
• Gardens
• Grand Canal
• Walks
• Additions

5. Chambers…

6. Chambers Continued…

7. Hall of Mirrors
• La Galerie des Glaces
• Most famous room
• Created after the Dutch War in
1678
• Louis XIV
• Location of the signing of the
Treaty of Versailles, which
ended WWI

9. Hall of Mirrors Structure
• 17 arcaded mirrors
• Large windows
• 73 meters long, 10.5
meters wide
• Decorated with
chandeliers,
thousands of candles,
paintings, sculptures
and bronze

10. Gardens
• 230 acres
• Begun by Louis XIV in 1661
• 40 years construction
• Includes Grand Canal
• 50 fountains, 200,000 trees,
210,000 flowers annually

12. Fountains

13. French Revolution
• During the French Revolution,
angry women stormed the Palace
of Versailles in search of
justice and equality. They
damaged areas of the palace,
but restorations and
renovations since that time
have repaired and replaced most
of the damage from this
incident and many others,
including a storm,

14. Bibliography
• http://www.ivc.edu/academics/sc
hoolFA/arthistory/Documents/VER
SAILLES_Fall_05/interior.html
• http://travel.nationalgeographi
c.com/travel/world-
heritage/versailles/
• http://en.chateauversailles.fr/the
• http://www.britannica.com/Palac
e-of-Versailles