On the occasion of Heritage Days 2023, the Palace of Versailles is inaugurating a new gallery of the history of the castle with eleven renovated rooms which tell – with powerful works and digital devices – 400 years of history of this monument which never stopped transforming.
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To get off to a good start with a visit to the castle Versailles, you have to take the time to pass by the brand new gallery of the history of the castle. Designed by Laurent Salomé, director of the national museum of the Palace of Versailles and the Trianon, the route tells, in 120 works, a living organism in perpetual mutation: “ It’s true that it’s something which, in the end, has crossed the centuries as if it were a living thing which repairs itself, which evolves, which grows.. »
Huge portraits
The immense portraits of the five kings who made Versailles welcome the visitor. Louis XIV, the great man, Louis XIV, the last absolute monarch; they are close to Louis-Philippe, the constitutional king resulting from the Revolution who will make Versailles a great museum and save it by opening it to the public. A film made with Google allows you to understand the incredible transformations of the castle in just a few minutes: “ It is projected on a large screen and there, you really suddenly see the hall of mirrors set up in place of an old terrace, the North wing, the Midi aid emerging, the royal opera… »
Discovery and astonishment
This new historical route wants to leave room for discovery and astonishment: “ Versailles is a unique thing of its kind and it is very easy to find a moment for a totally poetic and privileged visit to the castle “. Perhaps not, however, during the very popular Heritage Days, but worth thinking about for a future visit!
The site of the heritage days 2023.
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