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Versailles through the centuries
- Louis Le Vau
- A day in the life of Louis XIV
- Jules Hardouin-Mansart
- Louis XIV, gardens of Versailles guide
- Places of power
- André Le Nôtre
- Charles Le Brun
- The courtiers
- Royal tables
- Hyacinthe Rigaud
- The Pleasures of the Enchanted Island
- Antoine Coysevox
- The Grand Divertissement Royal
- François Girardon
- The Yew Tree Ball
- André-Charles Boulle
- The Francine dynasty
- Wedding of the Dauphin Louis and Marie-Antoinette
- The first aerostatic flight
- Chocolate at Versailles
- Pierre Puget
- Robert de Cotte
- Gabriel, father and son, architects
- Richard Mique
- Jean-Henri Riesener
- Eugène-Charles-Frédéric Nepveu
Court People
- Louis XV
- Louis XIV
- Louis XVI
- Marie-Antoinette
- Maria Theresa of Austria
- Marie Leszczinska
- The Grand Dauphin
- Mesdames
- Madame Royale
- Louis XVII
- Cardinal de Fleury
- Madame de Montespan
- Madame de Pompadour
- Madame de Polignac
- Madame de Maintenon
- Monsieur, brother of Louis XIV
- Madame Campan
- Madame Du Barry
- Axel de Fersen
- Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
- La Grande Mademoiselle
- Lapérouse
- Jacques Necker
- Turenne
- Saint-Simon
- Lafayette
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Significant dates
- 1630 The Day of the Dupes
- 1682 Versailles, capital of the kingdom
- 1685 Reception of the Doge of Genoa
- 1686 Reception of the embassy of Siam
- Wedding of the Duc de Bourgogne and Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy
- 1700 The Duc d’Anjou, king of Spain
- 1715 Reception of the Persian embassy
- 1715 The death of Louis XIV
- 1717 Visite of Peter the Great
- 1722 Retour of the Court to Versailles
- 1742 Visit of the embassy of the Sublime Porte
- 1757 Assassination attempt of Damiens against Louis XV
- 1763-1764 Visit of the child Mozart
- 1774 The death of Louis XV
- 1777 Visit of Joseph II of Austria
- 1778-1783 Versailles and the United States
- 1784-85 The scandal of the queen’s necklace
- 1789 Opening of the Etats Généraux (States General)
- 1789 Jeu de Paume Oath
- 1789 The departure of the king
- 1797 Creation of the Special Museum of the French School
- 1805 Visit of pope Pius VII
- 1837 Inauguration of the Museum of the History of France
- 1855 Visit of Queen Victoria
- 1871 Proclamation of the German Empire
- 1875 Birth of the 3rd Republic
- 1919 The Treaty of Versailles
- 1957 – 1992 State visits
- 1962-1966 André Malraux and Versailles
- 1982 The Versailles Summit
- 1999 The storm in Versailles
News
Events
- Royal wedding of louis XIV
- The Great Shows of Versailles
- Restoration of the exterior decor of the Pavillon Frais
- Symposium, conferences and workshops in 2010
- Baroque exuberance
- Murakami Versailles
- A Kid’s guide to the Palace of Versailles for Adults
- The Concerts of the Baroque Music Center of Versailles
- Equestrian Show Academy
- The Royal Opera reopens its doors
- The acquisitions of the Palace
- Restoration of the Queen’s Salon du Grand Couvert