In 1623, King Louis XIII built a hunting lodge at Versailles for his own pleasure. It wasn’t until his successor, King Louis XIV, took the throne that Versailles was expanded to become a grand ...

It all started in 1623 when Louis XIII built a hunting lodge in the rolling countryside around the small town of Versailles, about 20km south-west of central Paris. But his son, Louis XIV ...

Dans sa petite demeure, Louis XIII recevait de temps à autre sa mère Marie de Médicis et son épouse Anne d’Autriche. Elles ne faisaient qu’y passer sans jamais y coucher . Le premier "château" de ...

including one worn by Louis XIII. Paris was officially selected as the host of the Olympics back in 2017, and Versailles was finalized as the site for the equestrian events several years later.

Passé en vente aux enchères en mai dernier, un double portrait de Louis XIV enfant avec sa mère Anne d’Autriche, alors régente du royaume, a été préempté par les Musées nationaux. L’œuvre datant de 16 ...

Aussitôt, son fils, Louis XIII (1601-1643), âgé de 8 ans ... épisodes et en exclusivité à nos meilleures archives sur Versailles ou Napoléon par exemple. L’abonnement Au Coeur de l ...

in Versailles, where they've always been so central. SULLIVAN: In fact, even before there was a palace, the French king, Louis XIII, first built a hunting lodge here, where he'd come to escape the ...

known as château de Versailles in French, is a paragon of Baroque architecture that once served as a royal residence and the de facto capital of France—but its beginnings are far more humble. In 1623, ...

Après avoir écarté du pouvoir la reine-mère, Marie de Médicis, Louis XIII doit faire face au soulèvement ... à nos meilleures archives sur Versailles ou Napoléon par exemple.