A Day at Versailles

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Label

A Day at Versailles

Creator

• Braun, G

Subject

• HistoryLab
• Common-Core Aligned Materials on Travel & Geography
• Travel
• Architecture
• BiblioBoard Core

Summary

An illustrated guide to the museum, palace and gardens of Paris' famous Versailles, A Day at Versailles includes woodcuts of the building and blueprints of the grounds of the famous former home of King Louis XIV. The center of political power in its day, the court of Versailles was the home of the royal family of King Louis XIV from 1682 to October 1789, when they were forced to move back to the capital as the French Revolution began. When built, Versailles was its own village, but today, the palace sits in a suburb of Paris, just a short drive away from the city center. Taking nearly 50 years to complete, the palace's construction employed 36,000 people and required 6,000 horses. Today, tourists come from around the world to view the palace's 700 bedrooms, 2,000 windows, 1,250 fireplaces, 67 staircases and more than 1,800 acres of land

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