1624, French king Louis XIII bought the forest, wasteland and swamp with an area of 117 mu near the original site of Versailles at the price of1Wan Li Foer, and built a two-story red brick building as a hunting palace. At that time, there were only 26 rooms in the Palace of Versailles. The first floor was the furniture storage room and armory, and the second floor was the king's office, bedroom, interview room, clothes storage room, staff bedroom and other rooms.
1643 Louis XIV was only five years old when Louis XIII died. At that time, the palace was located in the Louvre and Saint-Germain-Angles Palace. 1664 After the marriage of Louis XIV, he decided to move the palace to Versailles, that is, to build the palace on the basis of the hunting hut built by his father.
During the 50 years of Louis XIV's rule, Versailles absorbed the design essence of many French artists and architects and became the largest and most magnificent palace in Europe.
Louis XV and Louis XVI successively added new contents to the palace, redecorated and integrated all architectural styles, from French classicism to rococo to neoclassicism. The final layout of this building is simply enormous, with more than 700 rooms and an area of 565,438+0,000 square meters.
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1682 On May 6th, Louis XIV announced that he would move the French court from Paris to Versailles. 1688, the main project of Versailles was completed. 17 10, the construction of the entire palace and garden of Versailles was completed, and it immediately became the largest, grandest and most luxurious palace building in Europe, the aristocratic activity center, art center and the birthplace of cultural fashion in France and even Europe. At its peak, there were as many as 36,000 princes, grandmothers, princes and nobles, bishops, their attendants and servants living in the palace. There are 100 Swiss guards, Scottish guards, court police, 6,000 Wong Kar-wai teams, 4,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry stationed in Versailles. So when the building is completed, there will be more than 1300 rooms in total, and the whole palace will look very huge. In order to accommodate his numerous "formal mistresses", Louis XIV also built the Grand Trianon Palace and the Marley Palace. During Louis XV and Louis XVI, the French king built the Little Trianon Palace and the Swiss farm. 1762, the French royal family moved from the Louvre in Paris to settle here. 1789 10 10 On October 6th, Louis XVI was taken to Paris by Parisians during the French Revolution and was beheaded by the guillotine. The history of Versailles as a French court ends here. During the subsequent period of revolutionary terror, Versailles Palace was ransacked by the people many times. The furniture, murals, tapestries, chandeliers and furnishings in the palace were ransacked, and the doors and windows of the palace were smashed and demolished. From 65438 to 0793, the remaining artworks and furniture of Versailles were transported to the Louvre, another art treasure house in Paris, and Versailles was reduced to ruins.
1833, Louis Philippe of Orleans ordered the restoration of Versailles and turned it into a history museum.
Versailles (one of the famous palaces in Paris)?
Chateau de Versailles is located in the southwest suburb of Paris, France. It is one of the famous palaces in Paris and one of the five largest palaces in the world (Forbidden City in Beijing, Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in Britain, White House in the United States and Kremlin in Russia). 1979 is listed in the World Cultural Heritage List.
The area where Versailles is located used to be a forest and swamp wasteland. 1624, French king Louis XIII bought 117 mu of wasteland for1Wan Li Foer, and built a two-story red brick building here as a hunting palace. On the second floor, there are rooms such as the king's office, bedroom, interview room, clothes hiding room and attendants room. There is a furniture storage room and an armory on the first floor. At that time, there were 26 rooms in the palace, but now there are 2,300 rooms, 67 stairs and 52 10 pieces of furniture. As a French palace, it continued107 (1682-1789).
1789, 10 year10.6, Louis XVI was taken to Paris by the people, and Versailles was the historical end of the palace. During the horrible period of the French Revolution, Versailles Palace was repeatedly looted by the people. The furniture, murals, tapestries, chandeliers and furnishings in the palace were all looted, and the doors and windows of the palace were also destroyed and demolished. 1793, all the remaining artworks and furniture in the palace were transported to the Louvre. Since then, Versailles has been deserted for 40 years. It was not until 1833 that Louis Philippe of Orleans ordered the restoration of Versailles and turned it into a history museum.