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Sébastien Le Prestre, marquis de Vauban

1633 – 1707

Jules Hardouin-Mansart

1646-1708

Charles de La Fosse

1636-1716

Louis Le Vau

1612-1670

Jean Nocret

1645 -1672

Jean de La Fontaine

1621-1695

Charles Perrault

1628-1703

Robert de Cotte

1656-1735

François Girardon

1628-1715

Pierre Puget

1620-1694

André Le Nôtre

1613-1700

Lully

1632-1687

André Charles Boulle

1642-1732

Jean II Cotelle

1646-1708

Hyacinthe Rigaud

1659-1743

Saint-Simon

1675-1755

Molière

1622-1673

The Francine family

1623-1784

Charles Le Brun

1619-1690

Antoine Coysevox

1640-1720
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from 7.00 am to 8.30 pm

Place d'Armes
78000 Versailles
France

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