Palace At Versailles Marble Court

Made of bronze marble or lead the 386 works of art in versailles including 221 decorating the gardens make it the biggest open air sculpture museum in the world.

Palace at versailles marble court. Assisted by jean colbert he oversaw the administrative and financial reorganisation of his kingdom while also working to develop french trade and manufacturing from his base in versailles with the help of louvois he reformed the army and won a string of military. The three arched windows of the king s first floor bedroom in the main pavilion are fronted by a gilded balcony resting upon eight marble. Every thursday an orchestra gives audiences the chance to discover the full range of the european repertoire from the 17th and 18th centuries. Palace of versailles former french royal residence and center of government now a national landmark.

While i m a fan of gold decorations and ornate paintings my blog will focus on the various stones at the palace. This style was however subdued in france compared to italy and spain. Gold and bronze leaf doors grand marble statues of louis xiv and the majestic hall of mirrors. The palace was build in the baroque style with lots of decoration.

Louis xiv resided on the first floor of the central section of the palace where three apartments were kept at his disposal. The court would assemble for the king s mass. The vast space in garden at the foot of the palace and the vast wooded area of the park allowed le nôtre to develop the principles he had applied at vaux le vicomte on a greater scale. Paved in black and white marble this courtyard has been raised to its original level.

It is surrounded by louis xiii s château the façades of which were altered and enriched by le vau and hardouin mansart who added balustrades busts statues and vases. Its first architect was louis levau 1612 70 who apart from collaborating on the louvre had designed the great chateau of vaux le vicomte for fouquet louis minister of finance. The marble court is the innermost courtyard of the versailles. Versailles began life as a hunting lodge of very moderate size the king s private refuge but was reincarnated as a palace in 1661 to house the entire french court.

There were hardly any toilets at versailles and with a court counting several thousand people it turned out to be more than a little problem. It is located in the city of versailles in northern france 10 miles 16 km west southwest of paris. The palace of versailles reopen on saturday the 6th june. The marble courtyard is the original courtyard of the palace built by louis xiii in 1623.

The palace of versailles v ɛər ˈ s aɪ v ɜːr ˈ s aɪ vair sy vur sy. The building around the marble court is the original hunting lodge rebuilt. The servants the commoners who came to look at their monarch even the aristocrats would occasionally relieve themselves in corners and courtyards though this was not as often as has later been implied.