In 1623, King Louis XIII built a hunting lodge at Versailles for his own pleasure. It wasn’t until his successor, King Louis XIV, took the throne that Versailles was expanded to become a grand ...

In Versailles we see her earning Louis’ trust ... The result is a pretty fair portrayal of King Louis XIV and his court, something historians can verify, within which a much darker secret ...

Louis XIV moved the French government and court ... the government left, and Versailles was practically abandoned. It was eventually brought back to life, turned into a museum, and in the 20th ...

Versailles: Science and Splendour explores ... era to match – spanning the last years of the French monarchy from Louis XIV’s ascension in 1643 to the French Revolution in 1789.

Exceptionally, from February 15 to the end of September 2025, the Château de Versailles is opening up areas usually closed to ...

Breguet continues its peerless mastery of Pilot watches with a new generation of the distinguished Type XX model ...

The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI. Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors, decorators and landscape ...

In 1667, 28-year-old all-powerful king of France, Louis XIV, decides to build the greatest palace in the world - Versailles. But drained budget, affairs and political intrigues complicate things.

The Château de Versailles, a former royal residence, was originally constructed as a hunting lodge in 1623. Louis XIV renovated and expanded the palace, eventually moving his court to Versailles.

True, the exhibition is entitled “Versailles” rather than “France: Science and Splendour,” but more background wouldn’t be out of place. Louis XV’s rhinoceros. Isidora Bojovic ...

Equestrian events will take place at the Palace of Versailles, the iconic home to the court of Louis XIV. The first French site to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979, the gardens of the ...