Petites Écuries

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Versailles' School of Architecture and restoration workshops fill the Petites Écuries (Little Stables).

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1. Louis XIV Statue

0.1 MILES

This soaring statue of Louis XIV guards the gates to the Château de Versailles.

2. Versailles Stables

0.11 MILES

The Grandes Écuries are the stage for the prestigious Académie du Spectacle Équestre. It presents spectacular Reprises Musicales equestrian shows, for…

3. Salle du Jeu de Paume

0.13 MILES

In May 1789 Louis XVI convened the États-Généraux, made up of more than 1118 deputies representing the nobility, clergy and the Third Estate (‘common…

4. Académie du Spectacle Équestre

0.14 MILES

Versailles' Grandes Écuries (Greater Stables) are the stage for the prestigious Académie du Spectacle Équestre. It presents spectacular Reprises Musicales…

5. Grandes Écuries

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The Grandes Écuries (Great Stables) house the Académie du Spectacle Équestre.

6. Château de Versailles

0.16 MILES

Amid magnificently landscaped formal gardens, this splendid and enormous palace was built in the mid-17th century during the reign of Louis XIV – the Roi…

8. Orangerie

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On the southwestern side of the palace, the Orangerie, built under the Parterre du Midi (Southern Flowerbed), shelters tropical plants in winter.

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