The authenticity of Versailles is preserved through the policy undertaken, over many decades, of the reconstitution of interior spaces and furnishings. Accordingly, they benefit from important conservation and restoration operations under the scientific and technical control of the State that ensures its funding. Since the creation of the public body, the work is programmed in the framework of the master plan.
It concerns the restoration of the buildings and plans of the original sites. It also involves the updating of technical installations, in particular accessibility and fire safety regulations.
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Join the , Members. Search Advanced. By Properties. Cultural Criteria: i ii iii iv v vi Natural Criteria: vii viii ix x. Category Cultural Natural Mixed. Versailles was built to impress. But, even more then that, he is the Sun King.
That symbolism of the Sun King is very visible in the architecture of the Versailles. The painter Lebrun, who designed the iconographic program of the Palace, focused paintings, sculptures and the architecture to one goal only — celebrating the King. A series of gardens, created in a formal style, stood to the west of the palace one of them today is in the shape of a star and contained sculptures as well as the pressurized fountains capable of launching water high into the air.
The formality and grandeur of the gardens symbolized Louis XIV's absolute power, even over nature, according to Gudek Snajder. Their virtuosity formed the star turn of a tour of the gardens," writes Tony Spawforth, a professor at Newcastle University, in his book "Versailles: A Biography of a Palace" St. Martin's Press, In addition a grand canal, constructed to the west of the garden and running about a mile long, was used for naval demonstrations and had gondolas, donated by the Republic of Venice, steered by gondoliers.
Building such a lavish complex was an important part of Louis XIV's style of rule and beliefs about monarchy, which we would call absolutism, said Schmidt. For instance, when the Hall of Mirrors was built, mirrors were usually imported from Italy at a great cost. Louis XIV wanted to show that France could produce mirrors just as fine as those produced in Italy, and consequently, all the mirrors of that hall were made on French soil.
Louis also insisted on moving the French government to Versailles. Scholars have suggested a number of factors that led him to build a great palace complex at Versailles and move the French government there. It's been noted that by keeping the king's residence some distance from Paris, it offered him protection from any civil unrest going on in the city. It also forced the nobles to travel to Versailles and seek lodging in the palace, something that impeded their ability to build up regional power bases that could potentially challenge the king.
As the French government moved into Versailles, and the king found himself swamped by work in his palace, he built himself the Grand also called Marble Trianon, a more modest palatial structure, about a mile 1. Spawforth notes that the palace contained about living units varying in size, from multi-room apartments to spaces about the size of an alcove. The size and location of the room a person got depended on their rank and standing with the king.
While the crown prince known as the dauphin got a sprawling apartment on the ground floor, a servant may have nothing more than a space in an attic or a makeshift room behind a staircase.
Louis XIV's bedroom was built on the upper floor and located centrally along the east-west axis of the palace. It was the most important room and was the location of two important ceremonies where the king would wake up lever and go to sleep coucher surrounded by his courtiers.
The king also had a ceremony for putting on and taking off his hunting boots. Each action he would took having a meal, strolling through the garden became symbolic metaphor for his divine presence," explained Gudek Snajdar. The interaction between the visitor and the king could be directed here in the most careful fashion.
Spawforth notes that a courtier in wrote that "most of the people who come to the court are persuaded that, to make their way there, they must show themselves everywhere, be absent as little possible at the king's lever , removal of the boots, and coucher , show themselves assiduously at the dinners of the royal family The king had his throne in the "Apollo Salon" and worshiped in a royal chapel, which spanned two stories, which Bajou notes was built between and Despite the richness of the palace, the kings had to make do with makeshift theaters up until when Louis XV allowed the building of the royal opera.
It contained a mechanism that allowed the orchestra level to be raised to the stage allowing it to be used for dancing and banqueting. Spawforth notes that the opera required 3, candles to be burned for opening night and was rarely used due to its cost and the poor shape of France's finances. Currently the centrepiece of Versailles urban planning, the Palace now seems a far cry from the countryside residence it once was. Nevertheless, the garden end on the west side of the Estate of Versailles is still adjoined by woods and agriculture.
The decoration of Louis XIV's apartments and the story of his day shed light on the personality of this absolute sovereign. See all the guided tours. The Palace of Versailles presents many operas, concerts, gala evening and ballets in some of its exceptional sites as the Royal Opera and the Royal Chapel. Discover the musical season programme. Concerts, operas, masked balls and shows : discover the programme for the 10th edition of the Festival of Versailles.
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