A Year at the Chateau: As seen on the hit Channel 4 show

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André Le Nôtre". en.chateauversailles.fr. Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles. 2 November 2016 . Retrieved 8 July 2021. Palace of Versailles | palace, Versailles, France". Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 28 August 2017. The French Revolution of 1830 brought a new monarch, Louis-Philippe to power, and a new ambition for Versailles. He did not reside at Versailles but began the creation of the Museum of the History of France, dedicated to "all the glories of France", which had been used to house some members of the royal family. The museum was begun in 1833 and inaugurated on 30 June 1837. Its most famous room is the Galerie des Batailles (Hall of Battles), which lies on most of the length of the second floor of the south wing. [120] The museum project largely came to a halt when Louis Philippe was overthrown in 1848, though the paintings of French heroes and great battles still remain in the south wing. Work at Versailles was at first concentrated on its park and gardens, [43] [44] and through the 1660s, Le Vau only added two detached service wings and a forecourt to the château. [45] [46] But in 1668–69, [47] [48] as a response to the growth of the gardens, [49] and victory over Spain in the War of Devolution, [47] [48] Louis XIV decided to turn Versailles into a full-scale royal residence. [45] [50] He vacillated between replacing or incorporating his father's château, but settled on the latter by the end of the decade, [47] [48] [51] and from 1668 to 1671, [52] Louis XIII's château was encased on three sides in a feature dubbed the enveloppe. [48] [53] This gave the château a new, Italianate façade overlooking the gardens, but preserved the courtyard façade, [54] [55] resulting in a mix of styles and materials that dismayed Louis XIV [55] and that Colbert described as a "patchwork". [56] Attempts to homogenize the two façades failed, and in 1670 Le Vau died, [57] leaving the post of First Architect to the King vacant for the next seven years. [58] Not the cosy, warm book I expected. I expected a summer read to take me away from my mundane life, if anything it made my life seem more exciting.

The Salon of Diana was used by Louis XIV as a billiards room, and had galleries from which courtiers could watch him play. The decoration of the walls and ceiling depicts scenes from the life of the goddess Diana. The celebrated bust of Louis XIV by Bernini made during the famous sculptor's visit to France in 1665 is on display here. [159] [ missing long citation] Private apartments of the King and Queen [ edit ] La destruction de l'escalier des Ambassadeurs". Versailles 3D (in French). Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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I was expecting a book about a families first year at a chateau, the ins and out of renovating a chateau and maybe even a little history about the historic building. What I got instead was a recount of a narcissistic couple planning their wedding. I did not sign up for a book about wedding planning but literally over half this book is them talking about their wedding, the food for the wedding, the clothes for the wedding etc etc it does not stop and for a moment if they start talking about the chateau or renovating again the sentence will end with something along the lines of “ but that can wait.... we have a wedding to plan!”

Ayers, Andrew (2004). The Architecture of Paris: An Architectural Guide. Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 9783930698967. A Year In The Chateau' is well written. Sarah has one of those writing styles that is easy to get used to and easy to get along with. Reading this book felt more like a chat or gossip among a group of friends than reading an actual book. I hope that makes sense. I loved being a fly on the wall to all the shenanigans that the group of friends in the book got up to. Sarah writes so convincingly and realistically that I did feel as though I was an actual part of the story. I loved this charming and witty read, which served as a distraction from the pain I was in and it was the tonic I needed at that moment in time. Furthermore the characters were very 2d. There was very little in the story that you felt alongside the characters. It was just you being told the information. There was potential for this to be a very beautiful emotional read and it did not provide me the emotion I expected particularly during the middle. Domaine national de Marly". Base Mérimée (in French). Ministry of Culture . Retrieved 26 August 2021. As warm and entertaining as their much-loved show, A Year at the Château is a truly irresistible story of adventure and heart, epic ambitions and a huge amount of hard graft.

The palace was largely completed by the death of Louis XIV in 1715. The eastern facing palace has a U-shaped layout, with the corps de logis and symmetrical advancing secondary wings terminating with the Dufour Pavilion on the south and the Gabriel Pavilion to the north, creating an expansive cour d'honneur known as the Royal Court (Cour Royale). Flanking the Royal Court are two enormous asymmetrical wings that result in a façade of 402 metres (1,319ft) in length. [134] Covered by around a million square feet (10 hectares) of roof, the palace has 2,143 windows, 1,252 chimneys, and 67 staircases. [135] Soon after, we discovered that, in our part of France at least, you don’t pay to park over lunchtime. Why would you? Everyone civilized is having a two-hour lunch break so there would be no traffic wardens. Main article: History of the Palace of Versailles Versailles around 1652, engraving by Jacques Gomboust [ fr]