The Versailles Orangerie (French: L'orangerie du château de Versailles) was built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart between 1684 and 1686, before work on the Château...
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Palace of Versailles. At Versailles, potted orange trees in solid silver tubs were placed throughout the rooms of the palace, while the Orangerie allowed...
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across Europe, from Prussia to Russia. Mansart also completed the Versailles Orangerie (1684–1686) in a similar style, surrounding a formal garden and pool...
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enable the fruit to be grown locally and for prestige, as seen in the Versailles Orangerie. Some modern hobbyists grow dwarf citrus in containers or greenhouses...
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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...
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French formal garden (section Gardens of Versailles)
the introduction of the orange tree after the Italian Wars. The Versailles Orangerie had walls five meters thick, with a double wall that maintains temperatures...
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Paris, France Versailles Orangerie, at the Palace of Versailles, near Paris, France Orangerie (Darmstadt), Darmstadt, Germany Orangerie (Kassel), Kassel...
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Palace of Versailles is a royal château in Versailles, Yvelines, in the Île-de-France region of France. When the château was built, Versailles was a country...
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The Royal Versailles Ball was a charitable private event held at the Palace of Versailles on 21 May 2022. The ball celebrated the historic 1855 state...
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to its culmination in the largest of its kind at the time at the Versailles Orangerie in France. The system was designed to allow the fruit trees to be...
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and construction techniques improved. The greenhouse at the Palace of Versailles was an example of their size and elaborateness; it was more than 150 metres...
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Vaux-le-Vicomte Gardens of Versailles The Bassin d'Apollon in the Gardens of Versailles Parterres of the Versailles Orangerie Gardens of the Grand Trianon...
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University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (French: Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UVSQ) is a French public university created...
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the south, the Untere Orangerie was added from 1711 to 1713. It is rectangular and followed the model of the Versailles Orangerie. The roof terrace gives...
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Musée de l'Orangerie (redirect from Orangerie Museum)
and not far from the Louvre and the Musee d'Orsay. Napoleon III had the Orangerie built in 1852, to store the citrus trees of the Tuileries garden from...
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1679. He offered it to the king in 1683 and it was placed in the Versailles Orangerie in 1684, where it remains to this day after having been altered during...
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The Royal Opera of Versailles (French: Opéra royal de Versailles) is the main theatre and opera house of the Palace of Versailles. Designed by Ange-Jacques...
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Catherine Pégard (section At Versailles)
Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles that administer the Palace of Versailles. Pégard was awarded Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur...
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Napoleon III included an indoor handball court, the Jeu de Paume, and an Orangerie. He built a new stone balustrade at the west entrance. When the Emperor...
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Jules Hardouin-Mansart (category Architects from Versailles)
Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (1680) The Orangerie at the Palace of Versailles (1684–86) Grand Trianon in Versailles (1687) From 1677 until his...
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The labyrinth of Versailles was a hedge maze in the Gardens of Versailles with groups of fountains and sculptures depicting Aesop's Fables. [1] André Le...
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Tramway de Versailles or Tramway Versaillais was a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge tramway system serving the French city of Versailles. The first...
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Printemps des arts de Monte-Carlo [fr], Prades, Centre baroque de Versailles, Orangerie de Sceaux, Avignon, Aix, Art sacré de Paris, Toulouse les Orgues...
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Versailles designed during the 17th century by the landscape architect André Le Nôtre for Louis XIV. In the 18th century, in imitation of Versailles,...
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Equestrian statue of Louis XIV (Bernini) (category Palace of Versailles)
to Versailles during August and September, arriving at the palace on October 1, 1685. By the ninth, the statue was placed in the Versailles Orangerie, in...
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Bénédicte to keep her apartments at Versailles next to those of her daughter. These apartments overlooked the Orangérie. Both her sons also had apartments...
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at Versailles every week, preferring to stay in their apartments which can still be seen on the ground floor of Versailles overlooking the Orangerie. The...
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1760–69, delivered to the 'Cabinet intérieur' for Louis XV at Versailles, Palace of Versailles, France Bureau à cylindre, 1777-1781 [1], for Pierre-Augustin...
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The Young Mother also known as Charity, View on the Château de Versailles and the Orangerie Gustave Courbet – 48 paintings including The Artist's Studio...
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