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...

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...

Palace of Versailles was the Versailles Menagerie [fr], built by Le Vau between the years 1662 and 1664, at the southern end of the Grand Canal. The apartments...

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

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 17th...

Buenos Aires and several Grand Prix, including a win and second place at the 1956 Tour de France Automobile and 1956 British Grand Prix respectively. His...

Marie, Comte de Lesseps (French: [də lesɛps]; 19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869...

or a galiote. Amélie Halna du Fretay (CRCV), "La flottille du Grand Canal de Versailles à l’époque de Louis XIV : diversité, technicité et prestige"...

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...

flottille du 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...

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...

decoration of this lost Versailles masterpiece. Located at the northern end of the transverse arm of the Grand Canal, the Trianon de Porcelaine formed a pendant...

known as the Trianon de Marbre (Marble Trianon). The small village of Trianon [fr] was situated to the northwest of Versailles. As Louis XIV developed...

Château de Fontainebleau (1645–1685) Château de Saint-Cloud (1664–65) Gardens of the Tuileries Palace (1664) Grand Canal of Gardens of Versailles (1668–1669)...

The Château de Chanteloup was an imposing 18th-century French château with elaborate gardens, compared by some contemporaries to Versailles. It was located...

Latona Fountain 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...

The canal connects the Garonne to the Étang de Thau on the Mediterranean and, along with the 193 km (120 mi) long Canal de Garonne, forms the Canal des...

The Hameau de la Reine (French pronunciation: [amo də la ʁɛn], The Queen's Hamlet) is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for...

end of the century, designing a grand stair in the left wing in the manner of the Ambassadors' Staircase at Versailles. André Le Nôtre replanned the gardens...

Palace of Versailles; his work represents the height of the French formal garden style, or jardin à la française. Prior to working on Versailles, Le Nôtre...

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...

Cambrai, the Canal de Saint-Quentin follows its course. The port of Antwerp, the second-largest in Europe, developed on its banks. Several canals (including...

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

which was followed by an official move of the royal court to Versailles on 6 May 1682. Versailles became a dazzling, awe-inspiring setting for state affairs...

Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207. Its prefecture is Versailles, home to the Palace of Versailles, the...

The Canal Saint-Martin (French pronunciation: [kanal sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃]) is a 4.6 km (2.86 mi) long canal in Paris, connecting the Canal de l'Ourcq to the river...

with the creation of its subsidiary CAPA Drama. CAPA Drama produces Versailles, a TV show known as the most expensive French TV Show of all. In 2007...

Versailles designed during the 17th century by the landscape architect André Le Nôtre for Louis XIV. In the 18th century, in imitation of Versailles,...

projection. Many European palaces drew inspiration from the Palace of Versailles started in 1682, which had previously been inspired by the Buen Retiro...