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Saved from ruin by Louis-Philippe and turned into a museum, Versailles is today one of the most visited monuments in France. Discover life at Versailles, the great figures of Versailles and the chronology of its construction. |
A reserved and solitary king, Louis XIII sought to escape the exhausting life of the Louvre and set his heart on a hunting lodge nestled between two forests southwest of Paris.
Saved from ruin by Louis-Philippe and turned into a museum, Versailles is today one of the most visited monuments in France.
Discover life at Versailles, the great figures of Versailles and the chronology of its construction.