Versailles Palace, Versailles

The album introduces the history and artistic collections of the Versailles Palace. The museum program is the reconstruction of the history of France in the deeds of its great sons. A collection of arts that are relevant to French history is constantly updated.
The palace created in the era of the reign of Louis XIV (1682), after the Great French Revolution, was transformed into the Central Museum of Arts Versailles (1796) and soon lost most of his collections in rivalry with Louvre. The palace received a new status under Louis Filipp I, becoming the Museum of the History of France (1837) The program of the new museum was the reconstruction of the history of France in the exploits and deeds of its great sons. The exposition was drawn up by artistic images of the rulers and heroes of the French nation since the legendary King of the Franks of Clovis I to Louis Filipp. The Halls of Crusades are decorated in a romantic style inherent in time, resurrecting the spirit of the knightly era. The Battle Gallery tells about the fourteen centuries of the history of France through the prism of its military victories, starting with the victory under Tolbiac (496) to the Vagram victory of Napoleon (1809) Four museum halls are dedicated to the history of the Great French Revolution of 1789, several halls to Napoleon. In the halls of the 19th century, works are exhibited on the themes of the Restoration of the Restoration, the July Monarchy, the period of the Second Empire and the Third Republic until the First World War. Today, the funds of the Versailles Palace store more than 6 thousand paintings of the XV-XX centuries, including the best collection of painting of the 17th century in the world. The collection of graphics is about 30,000 works, including more than 80 pastels, about 1,400 drawings and more than 28,000 engravings. A collection of arts that are relevant to French history is constantly updated