Objections raised by the municipality and the Department only served to slow the process down but were unable to prevent the removal of masterpieces that had featured in all guides of Versailles published before the French Revolution. All of the furniture and furnishings concerned that had not accompanied the royal family to the Tuileries or had not been sent to the Furniture Store-House or requisitioned for various services were sold off over the course of almost a year, between 25 August and 11 August Painted by Hubert Robert in the late 18 th century, this painting depicts the installation of the central nave where a statue of Isis was set up.
Although the furniture and many of the works of art had been removed, the palace continued to be an attraction, with guided tours still being organised.
In any case, it was not totally deserted because in it was designated as a Public Repository, i. It was on the basis of these seizures and whatever had not yet left the palace that the project was launched in to establish a museum, which, after a somewhat chaotic installation period, opened in A science room covering natural history and physical sciences was set up on the ground floor of the North Wing, while a library was established on the ground floor of the South Wing.
The State Apartments and the Queen's Apartments were used to display paintings, as well as vases and other collectibles, which were placed on marble tables. This last section underwent considerable change, becoming, in , the Special Museum of the French School. Dedicated solely to French painters past and present, it entailed a further exchange of works between the Paris museums and Versailles, with the latter having to relinquish paintings and antiques it still held from foreign schools in return for paintings and sculptures by French artists.
This short-lived museum, which opened in only to close its doors again in , helped make the connection between the paintings hanging on the walls and the painted ceilings in the apartments. The court left Versailles in October for Paris. It would never return. Opening in , the museum celebrated glorious events in the history of France from the Middle Ages to the start of the July Monarchy. The king of the French wanted to be a reconciler; the major works he undertook in the Palace did away with former court spaces, but saved the building itself.
The refurbishment continued after his departure, and Napoleon III went on to use the Palace as a venue for celebrations and to represent his power. Here he received Queen Victoria for a sumptuous stay in The Palace had become an archetypal seat of power and continued to host the most important events in the history of France, such as the declaration of the German Empire, signed in following France's defeat at war by the Prussians.
The Palace took a long time to recover Similarly, the Third Republic was born in Versailles, as the Parliament took refuge here after the Commune. Between and fifteen presidential elections were voted on by Parliament meeting in Versailles. The arrival of a young curatorial assistant in , and his subsequent appointment as curator in , enabled the Palace to showcase its former role as royal residence.
During the horrors of the First World War, Versailles suffered anew. 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. According to Schmidt, to our modern eyes, Versailles is a perfect example of baroque and rococo architecture.
But, said Gudek Snajdar, the French of the time would not have considered it baroque. It would have gone against his sense of absolutism, said Gudek Snajdar, the belief that he is at the center of everything. Some art historians now call the style of the Louvre and Versailles "French classicism. Unfortunately, one day is simply not enough, which is why you may want to first visit the most remarkable areas in the palace.
To get the most out of your time at the Palace of Versailles, you must prepare. Tickets may be purchased every day except Monday, from a. The entire estate can be accessed during this time, except the Trianon area and the gallery of coaches, which can only be visited in the afternoon.
To start your visit, you will pass two entry points: one before you purchase tickets and another when you go through security. The wait time for each of these is one hour, according to testimonials. In other words, you must wait in line twice for one visit. Not only does this allow you to avoid long waits, but also to use most of your time on the best part of the visit. Animals Wild Cities This wild African cat has adapted to life in a big city.
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