Before the Great Revolution of 1789, Paris had been a “royal city ... (But the latter preferred to reside in a sumptuous palace in Versailles, away from the busy capital and its “madding ...

Located right next to the Louvre, the gardens were designed by André Le Nôtre, the landscape architect who also designed the Gardens of Versailles ... of the Bastille in 1789.

The historic event recognised with the Olympic marathon route is a key moment from the French Revolution: the Women’s March on Versailles, on 5 October 1789. On 5 and 6 October 1789, market women, ...

The revolutionary decrees passed by the Assembly in August 1789 culminated in The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. On 1 October, the officers at Versailles held a welcoming banquet ...

She lived all her life in Trimble county and was a 1959, graduate of Trimble County High School. She also attended the Versailles Vocational School studying Business Machines. She first married John ...

In addition to the metro, there is a RER C train stop which means it is easy to reach the Palace of Versailles directly ...

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In October 1789, King Louis and his family were moved from Versailles (the Royal palace) to Paris. He tried to flee in 1791, but was stopped and forced to agree to a new form of government. Replacing ...

While there’s a scrum at the Palace of Versailles most days, there’s a very good chance ... during the French Revolution. It had begun in 1789 and Louis XVI was executed in 1793. But the revolution ...