VERSAILLES – complete guide

Daniel Meyer (Conservateur en Chef) – expert.

Translated by: Sylvie KLEINMAN

English from French.

Tour of the Chateau Gardens and Trianon – fascinating and still very relevant,  complete description and plans.

Illustrated paperback book, 30cm by 21.5cm by 0.75cm

ISBN 10: 285495016X

Publisher: Editions d'Art Lys, First edition 1993 French F50 retail price

Front cover shows the entrance gates. Inside many items covering The Chateau - General plan / The chapel / The Courtyards / The ground floor of the main building, etc

The Garden – The gardens and Grove

Trianon - The Grand Trianon / map of the grand Trianon / The petit Trianon / The Queen’s Hamlet / Genealogy

The Chronolog takes us from 1624 Louis XIII through to 1986 – The Attic rooms being reopened. Via Louis XIV 1660 / 1667 Start of the Grand Cana; / 1670 The Trianon is built / 1722 Louis XV takes up residence / 1744 Louis XV dies of smallpox / 1793 Louis XVI visits the guillotine! / Treaty of Versailles 1919.

Daniel MEYER conservateur en chef honoraire des Musées de France,

Entrance to Royal Estate (Aerial map drawing)

1 Petite Ecurie 2 Grande Ecurie 3 Place d’Armes 4 Chateau 5 Tapis vert 6 Fountain of Appollo and Grand Canal 7 Grande Trianon 8 Petit Trianon 9 Hamlet.

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