Louis XIV and Versailles

Versailles and Louis XIV define the history of France and Europe for the 18th century in many different ways. Versailles set the ways people thought style should be when it was first constructed. Louis XIV set the ways people thought and lived. People thought his way was best and his ways lasted through the 18th century.
Louis XIV built his palace in Versailles, southwest of Paris. The palace was very large and had many different places and rooms. The Old

Chateau was built back in 1623 by Louis XIII - Father of Louis XIV. The Chateau consisted of many rooms including: the Grand Apartment, which led to other rooms each dedicated to a heavenly body (Venus, Diana, Mars, Mercury, and Apollo), the Hall of Mirrors, the Queen’s Suite, the Queen’s Bedchamber, the King’s Suite, the King’s Bedchamber, the Private Apartments, the King and Queen’s Cabinets, the Chapel Royal, and the Opera House. The Grand Trianon had places for everyone. There was the Trianon for the family where th...