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Louis XIV moved the French government and court here and is credited with implementing numerous additions, including the palace's most popular attraction, the Hall of Mirrors. The Royal Opera ...

The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI. Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors, decorators and landscape ...

Louis XIV finally allowed the trade in alcohol in French settlements but forbade alcohol to be brought into Indian villages. An anonymous observer wrote: "Frenchmen unworthy of the name derive ...

Louis XIV renovated and expanded the palace, eventually moving his court to Versailles. During the French Revolution, the palace was largely abandoned, and it was not until 1830 that restorations were ...

This musette is thought to have been made for King Louis XIV whose portrait with a very similar instrument hangs at the Palace of Versailles. The fashion at the French court was for the pastoral ...

“He said I or we are the federal law. It’s like Louis the XIV.” The 17th-18th century king is known for ruling France as an absolute monarchy from the Palace of Versailles. She also said ...