"Et dimanche, s'il fait beau, on va a Versailles."
After breakfast we left for Versailles. When Louis XIV was king, he built Versailles for himself and all of the nobles. That ends up being around 3,000 people. Then there were the workers to take care of the:
800 hectares (2,000 acres) of grounds
20 kilometres (12 miles) of roads
46 kilometres (27 miles) of trellises
200,000 trees
210,000 flowers planted every year
132 kilometres (80 miles) of rows of trees
23 hectares (55 acres): surface area of the Grand Canal
5.57 kilometres (3.3 miles): perimeter of the Grand Canal
20 kilometres (12 miles) of enclosing walls
50 fountains
620 fountain nozzles
35 kilometres (21 miles) of water conduits
3,600 cubic meters per hour: water consumed during Full Play of Fountains
11 hectares (26 acres) of roof
51,210 square meters of floors
2,153 windows
700 rooms
67 staircases
6,000 paintings
1,500 drawings and 15,000 engravings
2,100 sculptures
5,000 items of furniture and objets d'art
150 varieties of apple and peach trees in the Vegetable Garden
and 0 toilets
The 0 toilets actually did require a lot of work, because in place of bathrooms, there were servents whose only task was to carry around buckets.
It's incredible to think that so much history happened in one place, and to imagine the nobles in their gowns or powdered wigs seeing almost exactly the same things.
Camille et Michèle/Maman/Madame Chamigny- je vous aime!
Just before the revolution, Marie Antoinette moved into the palace. Most people think that she was stuck-up or just stupid, but she really did have amazing artistic ideas. She planned all of the gardens that she had created for her: elaborate swimming pools, a rock grotto, two palaces, and, to associate with the common people, a farm. This was my favorite part of Versailles...
La Temple d'Amour
Praying to the god of love.
One of the buildings of Mary Antoinette's farm.
Camille and her date.
The one statue where an animal isn't being killed. At the entrance there's one of a king standing on a peasant's head.
Camille et Michèle/Maman/Madame Chamigny- je vous aime!Just before the revolution, Marie Antoinette moved into the palace. Most people think that she was stuck-up or just stupid, but she really did have amazing artistic ideas. She planned all of the gardens that she had created for her: elaborate swimming pools, a rock grotto, two palaces, and, to associate with the common people, a farm. This was my favorite part of Versailles...
La Temple d'AmourPraying to the god of love.One of the buildings of Mary Antoinette's farm.Camille and her date.The one statue where an animal isn't being killed. At the entrance there's one of a king standing on a peasant's head.
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