PALACE OF VERSAILLES

ALEJANDRA JIMÉNEZ PEDROSA

INTRODUCTIO
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• More than 7 million

• Located in the West of
Paris
• Great history
• Greatness and architectural
beauty.
• Admiration to the figure of
Marie Antoinette.
HISTORY OF
FRANCE

French Revolution in 1789

• Napoleon Bonaparte was
crowned emperor in 1804.
• Revolutions of 1830 and
1848
• After the WWII power and
significant political and
social changes.
 HISTORY OF
VERSAILLES
• Was built in the 17 th century.
• Symbol on the monarchical
absolutism.
• Holds the balls and shows to
impress the European
aristocracy.
• During the French Revolution it
was abandoned.
• After French Revolution: other
functions like and art museum.
 ARCHITECTU
RE AND ART
• Architectural style was baroque.
• New gardens and houses to create
a city around the palace.
• The art encompasses range of
forms, styles and paintings in it
decoration.
• Luxury and refinement of the court
of Louis XIV.
CULTURAL HERITAGE BY UNESCO
 CURIOSITIES
• Problems of location

• The gate of the palace was

destroyed during the French
Revolution.

• The kitchen was so farc away

from the living room that the
dishes arrived cold.
CONCLUSION