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La Chapelle Royale (The Royal Chapel)-5 viewsThis great Baroque chapel was the last major part of the château to be completed in 1710. It is dedicated to St-Louis, the great medieval French crusader king. Louis XIV and his successors celebrated Mass here every day at 10:00am. The royal family was upstairs, the courtiers were downstairs and the women were in the gallery side-chapels. The choir and the musicians stood around the organ. The future Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were married here in 1770.
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Le Salon d'Abondance (The Room of Plenty)-5 viewsThe figure of abundance personified, with her overflowing Horn of Plenty, graces the ceiling.
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Le Salon de Vénus (The Venus Room)-5 viewsThe ceiling painting shows Venus "subjugating the divinities and the powers."
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Bust of Louis XIV -11 viewsItalian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini was the most famous sculptor and architect of his day. Louis XIV summoned Bernini to Paris in 1665 in order to ask him re-build the Louvre, and it was during this time that Bernini sculpted this bust of the king. This is one of the few portraits for which Louis XIV agreed to pose, and it shows the 27-year-old man as young, handsome, and majestic.
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Mechanical Clock-7 views
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Louis XIV-12 viewsAged 62, Louis XIV is here wearing royal garb along with the iconic high heel shoes with heels that are painted in red.
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La Galerie des Glaces (The Hall of Mirrors)-5 viewsComposed of 357 mirrors, the walls of the Hall of Mirrors was a true novelty in the seventeenth century.
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Detail of a Crystal Chandelier-8 viewsMost of the chandelier that we saw in the Hall of Mirrors are only the reproduction of the originals. Only the ones that have a purple tint are the originals that are made out of natural crystals.
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Golden Furnitures-4 viewsOriginally the room was decorated with solid-silver furniture. All unfortunately were melted down on King Louis' orders to finance his never-ending wars.
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Curtains in the Queen's Bedroom-14 viewsMarie-Antoinette used to occupy this bedroom when she was the Queen of France. The curtains have highly decorative embroidery.
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Hermes-6 viewsHermes is the son of Zeus and Maia.
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Le Salon du Couronnement (The Coronation Room)-10 views
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