The Grand Canal of Versailles is the largest basin in the park of the Palace of Versailles. Cross-shaped, it was built between 1667 and 1679, at the instigation...

Gardens of Versailles (French: Jardins du château de Versailles [ʒaʁdɛ̃ dy ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj]) occupy part of what was once the Domaine royal de Versailles, the...

Versailles is historical drama television series, set during the construction of the Palace of Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV. A co production...

The Palace of Versailles (/vɛərˈsaɪ, vɜːrˈsaɪ/ vair-SY, vur-SY; French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj] ) is a former royal residence commissioned...

Grand Canal de Versailles à l'époque de Louis XIV: diversité, technicité et prestige" [The flotilla of the Grand Canal of Versailles at the time of Louis...

tradition of canals in the French formal garden style, culminating in the huge four-armed Grand Canal that dominates the bottom of the Gardens of Versailles, made...

Reception of the Grand Condé at Versailles (French: Réception du Grand Condé à Versailles), also known as Reception of the Grand Condé by Louis XIV (Réception...

Ménagerie royale de Versailles (literal French for "Royal Menagerie of Versailles") was Louis XIV's first major project at Versailles. It was built even...

different from Versailles, was the decor of the Grand Trianon. Where Versailles' decor extolled the heroic actions of Louis XIV in the guise of Augustus, Alexander...

especially to perform the yearly held Marriage of the Sea. The Grand Canal de Versailles at Versailles served as a setting for elaborate play barges in...

the Gardens of Versailles lies in the Latona Basin between the Palace of Versailles and the Grand Canal. On the top tier, there is a statue of the goddess...

evening of 18 July 1909, having been unable to organise a Venetian festival on the Grand Canal of Versailles, E. Greffuhle settled for a grand celebration...

A set of buildings located at the eastern end of the Grand Canal, near the Apollo basin, halfway between Trianon and the Palace of Versailles, was therefore...

power and Roman Catholicism. André Le Nôtre's main axis at Versailles, continued by the canal, runs up to the horizon. Daniel Marot and Desgotz's Het Loo...

1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869 joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially...

fruit trees, and laid out a grand canal 1200 meters long, sixty years before Louis XIV built his own grand canal at Versailles. Fountain and garden behind...

Château de Saint-Cloud (1664–65) Gardens of the Tuileries Palace (1664) Grand Canal of Gardens of Versailles (1668–1669) Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye...

Palace of Versailles started in 1682, which had previously been inspired by the Buen Retiro Palace, making it one of the most imitated buildings of the 17th...

create at Versailles. The site was naturally well-watered, with two small rivers that met in the park; the canalized bed of one forms the Grand Canal, which...

Chiemsee mimics the Versailles view to the Grand Canal Ludwig's unused Arbeitzimmer reflects Louis XV's Cabinet de travail Fountain work List of Baroque residences...

city plan of Versailles, which included the largest avenue yet seen in Europe, the Avenue de Paris. In the following century, the Versailles design influenced...

the Canal Royal en Languedoc (Royal Canal in Languedoc) and renamed by French revolutionaries to Canal du Midi in 1789, the canal is considered one of the...

located about 12 km west of Versailles, in the plaine de Versailles, almost in line with the perspective of the Grand Canal (an axis corresponding to...

residence of the king; eventually the Hall of Mirrors was built; other smaller châteaux, like the Grand Trianon, were built on the grounds, and a huge canal featuring...

the park, and the dramatically planned grand staircase are all evidence that Charles aimed at rivalling Versailles; but not a single element is directly...

Harris), was president of the Versailles-Claude Monet Foundation in New York and daughter of the late Rear Admiral Frederic R. Harris, of Washington and New...

born in Versailles in the department of Yvelines. She grew up in a Mormon household in this town and then in Nice. Her father was a seller of alarm systems...

small village of Trianon [fr] was situated to the northwest of Versailles. As Louis XIV developed the former hunting lodge at Versailles into a royal palace...

move of the royal court to Versailles on 6 May 1682. Versailles became a dazzling, awe-inspiring setting for state affairs and the reception of foreign...

Vegetable Garden (Versailles) Outdoor and entertainment base of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Trappes) Palace and Gardens of Versailles The Grand Trianon The Hameau...