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Fantasy Versions of Versailles

Published on , by Marie-Laure Castelnau

Here we see things that never happened, but might have, with the many faces of Versailles: residence of sovereigns from Louis XIV to Louis-Philippe.

Pierre Drahonet (1766-1817), Démolition du pavillon de la "vieille aile", c. 1814,... Fantasy Versions of Versailles
Pierre Drahonet (1766-1817), Démolition du pavillon de la "vieille aile", c. 1814, gouache on paper, 45.8 x 37.7 cm.
© Château de Versailles, Christophe Fouin
Aside from the alterations made to the Palace of Versailles in line with new uses, the latest tastes and political events, several projects were dreamed up by the king's architects and then…
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