VERSAILLES, France — Sites for the 2024 ... Now, the halls of the palace are lined with spectacular paintings of horses and artifacts from an era of history where the horse was central to ...

A real showstopper is the vaulted ceiling with Charles Le Brun’s paintings depicting the monarch’s illustrious rule. It was also here that the Treaty of Versailles was signed in June 1919 ...

Then we move to the transport of water to Versailles; then to the study of ... the very beautiful zoological paintings. My favourite is The Cabinet of Mr Le Clerc, an exquisitely detailed ...

Some 100 Napoleon artifacts from the Chalençon collection are headed to the auction block at Sotheby's Paris in June.

becoming a popular subject for paintings or a common design for textiles and decorative arts. In order to convert Versailles from a mere hunting lodge for the king’s leisure and sports into ...

"It's not just what was behind the paintings or the chandeliers." It all started in 1623 when Louis XIII built a hunting lodge in the rolling countryside around the small town of Versailles ...

Clock of the Creation of the World Musée du Louvre Then we move to the transport of water to Versailles ... the very beautiful zoological paintings. My favourite is The Cabinet of Mr Le Clerc ...