He goes on to do three projects here the finished of the Grand Appartement, the renovations of the salon d’Hercule, basin de Neptune, and the extra building the Royal Opéra. His tutor Philippe d’Orléans or regent leave Versailles to be house in the Palais Royal and the court of the Palais des Tuileries (now gone, pillage and put on fire by the commune uprisings of 1871, and later demolished by the city of Paris by 1881) in Paris it was even suggested to demolished the castle at this time by the duke of Noailles. The brother king Louis XV born in Versailles, in 1710 too young to rule yet alone. After these construction the work is stopped as well as the king Louis XIV died. The Royal Chapel , appartement du roi or kings apartments and the salon du l’oeil-de-boeuf and the bedroom of the king. A bit after the defeat in the war of the league of Augsbourg (1688-1697) and under the influence of Madame de Maintenon, king Louis XIV begins the 4th construction wave to the castle from 1699-1710. Now we do the galerie des glaces , and its twin rooms the salon de la Guerre and the salon de la Paix and the wings of the noble and princes as well as middle wing and huge work on the gardens as well the decorations in the Grands appartements. In the period 1678-1684, the treaty of Nimégue puts an end to the war of Holland and starts the next construction wave on the castle. At this time the palace begins to take the shape as we know it today. The improvements continue on the period of 1664-1668 where the need to improved the housing is essential for the parties done by the Court especially the famous parties of pleasure of the enchanted island!!! There is another period from 1669-1672 where the wars are going and the treaties are signed here like the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ending the war of devolution. We know too, that he came back again in 1651 and thereafter more often, continuing to improved the hunting mansion from 1660-1664. His son ,the next King Louis XIV that was only 4 years old, too young to govern he is chaperone by the regency of Anne of Austria and the construction stop for 18 years! We know that the future king Louis XIV did his first visit to Versailles in October 1641 with his brother (future Louis XV) to evade an epidemic of chickenpox that was affecting his castle home at Saint-Germain-en-Laye (favorite because he was born there see post). He ordered construction of a nice royal mansion on site and works continue until he passes away. In Apking Louis XIII buys the whole property of the Domaine de Versailles from Jean-François de Gondi, the Bishop of Paris. In 1623 king Louis XIII has a serious sickness and need spiritual seclusion when he decides to built a modest manor hunting house of brick and stone on top of a summit in the plains of Versailles on the road going from Versailles to Trianon, a site called Val-de-Galie, he purchase the land in 1624 where it was only a windmill and the house of the guardian surrounded by marshes. From 1607, king Louis XIII age 6 does his first hunting in the area. We know from history, that the first mentioned of Versailles goes back to 1038 as was mentioned belong to the Abbey of Saint Pére of Chartres. The architecture is phenomenal and the look from any angle in the city is awesome. Unique! I have done posts on Versailles of different kinds over the years but now will do one on simply the exteriors of the palace/museum of Versailles. A royal town chic and friendly folks and history all around you, France, Europe, the World. My Versailles is sublime, can’t go a day without thinking of it, visited many many times over the years and again next month. Versailles will always be in our hearts, it was our first owned home in France! And of course, even if there is more than a castle in Versailles, need to tell you one of my first posts on the Domaine de Versailles, an overview of its exteriors now in my black and white series. A wonderful subject for me as lived in the city of Versailles by the Notre Dame Church for 9 years before moving on to the Morbihan breton and there so far 9 years too.
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