Versailles: The Making of a Palace

Charles Mauricheau-Beaupré surveys the broad sweep of history occupants of the Palace of Versailles have witnessed, and makes a case for its rehabilitation.

Charles Mauricheau-Beaupré | Published in History Today Volume 1 Issue 12 December 1951

View of Versailles from the Avenue de Paris, ca. 1662 by Pierre Patel. This was how Versailles looked before Louis XIV began enlarging the château.

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