Resources
Palace of Versailles app
The official Palace of Versailles app offers you audio tours and an interactive map of the entire Estate.
Peter the Great
Warrior-monarch and inveterate traveller, Peter the Great crisscrossed the world for almost four decades, from the White Sea to the Caspian, from...
Napoléon
Via the Napoleon exhibition, the ‘Versailles at Arras’ partnership highlights the history of the close link between the first emperor of the French...
The salon de l'Abondance
The Salon de l’Abondance, the smallest of the salons in the Grand Apartments, served as an antechamber to Louis XIV’s Cabinet of Rarities. Its trompe...
Apollo served by the nymphs
The sculptures of Apollo’s Baths are to Versailles what the Mona Lisa is to the Louvre: absolute masterpieces, constituent of the site’s identity.
Latona fountain
Its garden, its golden lead peasants and animals, its water effects and its gorgeous marble sculpture at the top make Latona Fountain a gem at the...
Versailles A private Invitation
The largest palace in the world holds a thousand and one unsuspected secrets, unknown even to real connoisseurs.
Versailles and the American Revolution
lt was at Versailles that American independence was decided ... lt was at Versailles that Louis XVI declared to the representatives of the Second...
The Mercury salon
The Mercury Salon in the King’s Grand Apartment in the Chateau of Versailles was Louis XIV’s ceremonial chamber.
