VERSAILLES, France — In curator Béatrix Saule’s extensive exhibition Le Roi Est Mort (“The King Is Dead”), the Palace of Versailles is presenting a shaggy-dog narrative about the death of Louis XIV.

Louis XIV King of France 1638-1715 Homes and haunts Louis XIV King of France 1638-1715 Art patronage Foreword -- Introduction. Incomparable Versailles / Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide and Bertrand Rondot - ...

A centuries-old French château with ties to Louis XIV is heading to the open market for the first time in nearly 80 years, testing global demand for trophy estates with serious history (and serious ...

But none can quite match the combination of history and grandeur as that hosting the equestrian events and modern pentathlon: the palace of Versailles. Once, the spectacular 17th-century chateau was ...

If only the heir of Louis XIV, "The Sun King," knew what would eventually take place at the royal palace their deaths: the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Palace of Versailles will be the site of Olympic ...

Discover why King Louis XIV of France was famously known as the Sun King. Explore his 72-year reign, the height of absolute monarchy, and his legacy at the opulent Palace of Versailles.

We’ve shown you what it was like to live in style during the time of Louis XIV. Now, an exhibition at the Musée des Beaux Arts in Arras shows you what it was like to travel in style. The fabulous ...

The Games in Paris include one of the grandest venues to ever host an Olympic event: the grounds of Versailles, where equestrian events and the pentathlon are held in sight of the opulent palace. At ...

When we think of Versailles, we think of Marie Antoinette, opulence, and the last hurrah of the aristocratic high life before the French Revolution put an end to such folly in 1789. We may also think ...