Louis XIV had the hunting lodge at Versailles built in 1623. Initially a small hunting lodge, it was expanded and transformed into a grand palace starting in 1661. This transformation marked the beginning of Versailles as a symbol of royal power and grandeur, eventually becoming the principal royal residence in France.
To use as a hunting lodge
Louis XIV had it built it on the place of his father's Louis XIII small hunting lodge.
In 1678 the renovation of the Chateau was started and Louis XIV moved in his entire court in 1682. It was built in 1624 as a hunting lodge.
Louis the XIV would do 3 things for fun. stage hunting, shooting and walk in his garden for exercise. And to see his workmen
The Palace of Versailles, originally a hunting lodge for King Louis XIII, was first built in 1623. It was later transformed and expanded into a grand palace by his son, King Louis XIV, starting in 1661, with significant renovations and expansions continuing throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. The palace became a symbol of absolute monarchy and the center of political power in France.
To use as a hunting lodge
To use as a hunting lodge
Louis XIV had it built it on the place of his father's Louis XIII small hunting lodge.
You are asking about Versailles the palace he built from a hunting lodge.
You are asking about Versailles the palace he built from a hunting lodge.
In 1678 the renovation of the Chateau was started and Louis XIV moved in his entire court in 1682. It was built in 1624 as a hunting lodge.
Louis XIV did not want his court to be in Paris anymore, he wanted his palace to be a little further away so it would be more quiet and spacious. Originally it was built as a hunting lodge. Then it just grew and grew.
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You are asking about Versailles the palace he built from a hunting lodge.
it was built in 40 years Louis XIII ordered construction of a hunting lodge in 1624 and in 1661, Louis XIV ordered architect Louis Le Vau, landscape architect Andre Le Notre, and painter-decorator Charles Le Brun to begin a detailed renovation and expansion of the lodge into a palace. the royals moved into the palace in 1682. The Palace of Versailles was the official residence of the Kings of France from 1682 until 1790. It was originally a hunting lodge, built in 1624, by Louis XIII. It was expanded by Louis XIV beginning in 1669. In the seventeenth century. (They started building the actual Palace in 1662 and in 1682 the King Louis XIV and Queen (Madame de Maintenon, his second wife) and their whole court moved in. The Palace was officially never finished, since Louis XIV had a lot more construction planned, but that never happened.)
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Louis XIV had it built it on the place of his father's small hunting lodge. It was outside Paris, which was the main reason why he built it there. Louis XIV did not want to be so close to his subjects and wanted to have a palace closeby Paris, but not in it.