The Ménagerie royale de Versailles (literal French for "Royal Menagerie of Versailles") was Louis XIV's first major project at Versailles. It was built... 14 KB (1,692 words) - 06:19, 25 April 2024 |
Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles. About 15,000,000 people visit the palace, park, or gardens of Versailles every year, making it one of the... 92 KB (10,585 words) - 22:00, 7 May 2024 |
Jardin des plantes (redirect from Jardin des Plantes de Paris) the ménagerie du Jardin des plantes, founded in 1795 by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre from animals of the ménagerie royale de Versailles, the menagerie at... 42 KB (5,554 words) - 19:09, 11 April 2024 |
(the exact number of which is unknown) live. The Royal Menagerie in Versailles (ménagerie royale) was dissolved and these animals were also transferred... 10 KB (1,084 words) - 13:25, 16 June 2023 |
of Versailles have a historical relation with the history and evolution of the palace. Of these five structures – the Ménagerie, the Pavillon de la Lanterne... 23 KB (2,981 words) - 23:06, 19 June 2023 |
The Grand Canal de Versailles is the largest basin in the park of the Château de Versailles. Cross-shaped, it was built between 1667 and 1679, at the... 8 KB (902 words) - 21:47, 28 November 2023 |
Louis XIV's elephant (redirect from Éléphante de Louis XIV) elephant was shipped to Versailles. "The King's Animals". Palace of Versailles. 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2024-02-18. "The King's Menagerie: The Sun King's Animal... 3 KB (283 words) - 17:46, 6 May 2024 |
Fresh pavilion (category Versailles) XV and Madame de Pompadour by Ange-Jacques Gabriel in the French Garden of the Petit Trianon, in the grounds of the Château de Versailles. Built between... 21 KB (2,225 words) - 00:22, 25 January 2024 |
Pierre Rabon (category Members of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture) a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture on 3 July 1660. His reception piece was a portrait of Antoine de Ratabon, who at the time... 8 KB (812 words) - 14:56, 1 August 2022 |
Élysée Palace (redirect from Palais de l'Élysée) officeholder to die in the palace. In 1917, a chimpanzee escaped from a nearby ménagerie, entered the palace and was said to have tried to haul the wife of President... 23 KB (2,672 words) - 08:01, 28 October 2023 |
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, Paris, was under the direction of Jean-François Pierre Peyron. An early patron, the marquis de Corberon,... 6 KB (698 words) - 21:44, 26 July 2023 |
to register with the local Guild of Saint Luke or the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. On three occasions, his name appears in the Comptes... 12 KB (1,618 words) - 10:01, 2 August 2023 |
Nicasius Bernaerts (category Members of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture) best sources for identifying the original animal population of the Versailles menagerie as they were inventoried by Nicolas Bailly in his Inventaire des... 8 KB (965 words) - 14:52, 18 December 2023 |
Royal Menagerie at Palace of Versailles. 1668. Francesco Redi (Italian, 1621–1697) wrote Esperienze Intorno alla Generazione degli Insetti (1668) and De animaculis... 56 KB (7,112 words) - 11:53, 1 May 2024 |