Heritage Days: in Versailles, eleven renovated rooms tell the story of the castle

2023-09-16T06:24:16.965Z

Highlights: On the occasion of Heritage Days 2023, the Palace of Versailles inaugurates a new gallery of the history of the castle. 11 renovated rooms tell - with strong works and digital devices - 400 years of history of this monument that has never stopped metamorphosing. Designed by Laurent Salomé, director of the Musée national du château de Versaille et du Trianon, the tour recounts, in 120 works, a living organism in perpetual mutation. A film made with Google makes it possible to apprehend in a few minutes the incredible transformations.

On the occasion of Heritage Days 2023, the Palace of Versailles inaugurates a new gallery of the history of the castle with eleven renovated rooms that tell - with strong works and devices ...

Heritage Days: in Versailles, eleven renovated rooms tell the story of the castle

On the occasion of Heritage Days 2023, the Palace of Versailles inaugurates a new gallery of the history of the castle with eleven renovated rooms that tell - with strong works and digital devices - 400 years of history of this monument that has never stopped metamorphosing.

View of the water features of the Palace of Versailles (illustration image). REUTERS - CHARLES PLATIAU

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To start a visit to the Palace of Versailles, you must take the time to go through the brand new gallery of the history of the palace. Designed by Laurent Salomé, director of the Musée national du château de Versailles et du Trianon, the tour recounts, in 120 works, a living organism in perpetual mutation: "It is true that it is something that, in the end, has survived the centuries as if it were a living thing that repairs itself, that evolves, that grows. "

Huge portraits

The huge portraits of the five kings who made Versailles welcome the visitor. Louis XIV, the great man, Louis XIV, the last absolute monarch; they are close to Louis-Philippe, the constitutional king from the Revolution who will make Versailles a great museum and save it by opening it to the public. A film made with Google makes it possible to apprehend in a few minutes the incredible transformations of the castle: "We project it on a big screen and there, you really suddenly see the hall of mirrors mounted in place of an old terrace, the North wing, the help of the South that arise, the royal opera ...

Discovery and astonishment

This new historical route wants to leave room for discovery and astonishment: "Versailles is a unique thing of its kind and it is very easy to find a moment for a totally poetic and privileged visit of the castle". Maybe not during the very popular Heritage Days, but to think about for a next visit!

The site of the 2023 Heritage Days.

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Heritage Days: in Versailles, eleven renovated rooms tell the story of the castle

Heritage Days: in Versailles, eleven renovated rooms tell the story of the castle

Huge portraits

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