The Palace of Versailles: A Revolutionary Design!
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- Опубліковано 23 гру 2023
- Step into the heart of France and explore the opulent halls of the Palace of Versailles! Join Ken as we delve deep into the history of this architectural marvel, from a simple hunting lodge to the extravagant symbol of royal power. Discover the secrets of Louis XIV's lavish residence, the grandeur of the Hall of Mirrors, and the dramatic tales of revolution and royalty.
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Palace of Versailles: Designing a Revolution:
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You should cover the royal palace of Caserta, just outside of Naples, Italy. An utterly massive structure, and the engineering involved in the irrigation of its fountains and gardens was phenomenal, truly ahead of its times.
Many thanks! I’ll check that out.
What a joy: your soothing American voice talking about a big ol' Continental palace. I've visited this gaudy bit of French filigree a couple of times, and it's nice to see it again with your interesting insights.
I agree, Versailles is way too over done
I’ve been to the Palace of Versailles and was overwhelmed by its beauty! I enjoyed watching this video.
Wow, what a great episode! Very informative and an awesome job showing Versailles to us. Very enjoyable besides. I'd love to see this place. Always heard about it but this is the first time I really got to see it. Thanks,
Amazing and entertaining video 😊
Just imagine how much is spent yearly for maintenance.
Magnifique! I have admired and researched Versailles for decades. I have books about it and even a print on my wall of it to enjoy but until this video I never knew just how many square feet it had. Merci beaucoup.
That was so well done. I really enjoyed it. I wish you had touched on Napoleon's role in preserving Versailles. We have him to thank for what we are still able to enjoy and experience today.
I am so glad that I got to spend a day there in 1982 when I spent the summer in Europe! It is an incredible place.
No pictures can ever do the palace the justice seeing it in person does. The scale and opulence really shine in person.
One of your best videos yet! Thank you for your fascinating content Ken 😊
Simply beautiful! Ostentatious but beautiful.
I have actually visited the extremely luxurious site. The paintings are out of this world. I believe they have some giant globes. Great castle
Ken, well done! Loved this
I was at Versailles years ago but want to go back to see the restored private apartments of Madam DuBarry. I enjoyed this. Thanks, Ken and I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas.
The chateau de Versailles channel has a video on the restoration of the apartments; it’s a masterpiece what they’re doing. You should check it out if you have not already 🏰
I totally enjoyed this as I know I will never get a chance to visit. The history lesson and photos was like taking a self guided tour with cassett tape. Good job! 👍
Please do another video of the palace of Fontainebleau, outside of the city of Paris, thank you.
I'm very impressed Ken, your branching out is working
so i have some suggestions, If you want to stay in France there is Chambord. I'd like to see Sans Souci and Sergpie suggested Caserta which is waiting for you
Excellent..Ontario CANADA
Merry Christmas
I was a young child when I visited Versailles. I remember how grand the Hall of Mirrors and the beautiful fountains and flowerbeds. Thank you for an interesting video.
While I enjoyed this lecture and the accompanying pictures, I like your prior programing much better!
JIM🎉
Nicely done. Thank you.
Excellent! Please do a video on the chateau that inspired Versailles, designed by Le Brun. Le Veau and Le Notre - Vaux le Vicomte. Also fascinating is the system developed to pump water to Chateau Marly and Versailles - quite the engineering feat of the time.
A must see. Easy train ride from Paris. Once there take the tram to see the grounds.
Thanks Ken Merry Christmas to you and your family!!✌️🇺🇲
I've been there very wonderful God given experience!!
Excellent. This palace is over the top! 😂
Wow! I bet you could see that place from the moon lol. Its huge!
Hello from France !
Merci beaucoup et joyeux Noël ❤
Wonderful video, Ken! Fascinating and yet a cautionary tale also. Any plans for a video about Buckingham Palace? I'm not hinting at anything, mind you, just asking a question....for a friend.
versailles is masterpiece chateaux, an also the chateaux chambord is a real gem for me...
You didn’t show us the bathrooms! 🤣 Oh, you did show us the stairways.
There were indeed toilets, some of which are still visible in the private apartments.
I wish France was a Monarch today.
Its so sad & such a shame its not anymore.
R.I.P French Royalists.
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please cover Henry Flaglers' Royal Palm Hotel(miami)
I’ve always wondered how they could engineer such magnificent fountains and water features, and yet everyone still pooped in a bowl?
It's a bit of a legend...
Wonder when the saudi is are going to buy that
It's part of France's national heritage, apparently not for sale.
@@francoisleyrat8659dont be so sure
Originally designed without bathrooms or kitchens. Don't you find that strange?
The kitchens must have been somewhere, typically in some basement area, although Hampton Court had an entire wing dedicated to the kitchens. As far as toilets, that has always been a real sticking point because the stories you hear about having to clean up human feces in the hallways is shocking.
Hampton court had running water and they *had* Vitruvius so they could have done potties I study this period &... idunno
The kitchens were in an outer building close to the main one, whose name was : le Grand Commun.
The story of the bathrooms in Europe is long and complex. Often the bathtub was brought into the bedchamber (you can see it in the movie "Barry Lindon" by Kubrick, for example). For a long time, there was no particular room dedicated to bath. But Louis XV, Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette had their own private bathrooms.
Not a big fan of the whole baroque style. I've been to Versailles, and while conceding its ostentation, I was not impressed. It was incredibly over the top, but for all its gilding it was a dreadfully unpleasant place. It was built solely to impress and had little in the form of utilitarian value. Most of the thousands who had to live there were crammed into tiny rooms that were freezing in the winter and furnace like in the summer. There was no indoor plumbing and the palace lacked even basic sanitation. The result was that it constantly reeked as everybody had to relieve themselves in whatever dark corner they could find. This was compounded by the fact that most people back then did not bathe. One can only imagine the thousands of people in a giant ballroom during the summer, dressed in heavy clothes and wigs, with little ventilation, all those burning candles, and nobody having had a bath in years. By the later years of his reign, Louis' personal hygiene was so dreadful that people were recorded as gagging in his presence and even vomiting from his bad breath. Between his endless wars and the giant monument to his own ego, Louis XIV left France impoverished and effectively bankrupt by the time of his death in 1715. (Edit: Typo)
A nice series of clichés and legends on Versailles. The impression of ostentation stems from the fact that most visitors only see the state rooms, which were not actuelly lived in. They were private, more intimate appartments for the royal family and the major officers of the crown, although many of the latter were destroyed when the palace was converted into a museum in the 1830's. And yes they were toilets...
Why should I hit the subscribe button if you haven’t even started with the video. If I would subscribe to every channel that asks me to I would have a subscription list full of trash.
All this and no bathrooms.
There were.
Don't like the Republic!
BOOOO!