Paru le 15/02/2017 | Broché 327 pages
Tout public
text Pierre Lemoine | revised and completed for the new version by Jérémie Benoît, Yves Carlier, Frédéric Lacaille, Alexandre Maral | in collaboration with Hélène Delalex | translation David and Jonathan Michaelson | foreword Béatrix Saule
With more than three hundred pages, three hundred illustrations, and many plans and indexes, this book is an indispensable guide to understanding the Château of Versailles. It provides a detailed history of this fascinating Château and sets out - in the order of the itinerary - an exhaustive description of each room and its function : the State and Private Apartments, the Chapel, the Opera, the Château's History Galleries, the collections of paintings and sculptures in the Historical Museum, the Petit and Grand Trianon, and a comprehensive guide to the extensive park and its many groves.
