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Identifier: versaillescourtu00farm (find matches)
Title: Versailles and the court under Louis XIV
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Farmer, James Eugene, 1867-1915
Subjects: Versailles (France) -- Description France -- Court and courtiers
Publisher: New York, The Century co.
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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r the aviary andits court, the court of the pelicans, the court of the deer,the court of the ostriches, the court of the bear-pits. Be-hind these symmetrical courts, which faced the windows ofthe octagonal salon, were a number of other buildings andcourts, containing a lion and other wild beasts, an extensivepigeon-house, a large court for chickens and turkeys, and afarm for cows and horses. The aviary was the finest inFrance; the pigeon-house held more than three thousandpigeons; and in the Menagerie there were swans, ostriches,pelicans, peacocks, herons, Egyptian ducks, rare birds ofevery sort, wolves, foxes, deer, gazelles, cows from Flandersand Holland, horses, lions, and an elephant. The young Duchesse de Bourgogne loved the little chateauof the Menagerie, where she amused herself and as far aspossible left the etiquette of the court behind her at the gates.In 1698 the king gave her the Menagerie, and had the cha-teau refurnished and redecorated in accordance with her 104 Plan II
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t. Terrace of the Chateau 2. Parterre dEau 3. Cabinet of Diana 4. Cabinet of Pont du Jour 5. Staircase of Latona 6. Parterre of Latona 7. Fountain of Latona 8. Basins of the Lizards 9. The Point of View 10. Half-moon before the Tapis Vert 11. The Royal Allee or Tapis Vert 12. Half-moon at the end of the Tapis 13. Basin of Apollo 14. Allee leading to Grand Canal 15. Grand Canal 16. Little Venice 17. Railing of the Menagerie 18. Railing of Little Venice 19. Site of the Grotto of Thetis 20. Site of the Basin of the Siren 21. Parterre du Nord 22. Basins of the Crowns 23. The Pyramid 24. The Cascade 25. Allee dEau 26. Basin of the Dragon 27. Bosquet of the Arch of Triumph 28. Bosquet of the Three Fountainszo. Basin of Neptune 30. Railing of the Dragon 31. Statue of Renown 32. Railing of Neptune 33. Parterre du Midi 34. Orangery 35. Staircases of the Orangery 36. Railing of the first staircase 37. Railing of the second staircase 38. Railing of the Orangery Swi- akc 41. Theatre dEau 42. Basi

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  • bookauthor:Farmer__James_Eugene__1867_1915
  • booksubject:Versailles__France_____Description
  • booksubject:France____Court_and_courtiers
  • bookpublisher:New_York__The_Century_co_
  • bookcontributor:Wellesley_College_Library
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