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Based on contemporary documents and works of art, the book explores the experiences of visitors to the palace and grounds of Versailles when it was the seat of the French monarchy, methods of transportation, codes of dress and etiquette, precious diplomatic gifts, royal audiences, and tours of the buildings and gardens. A fascinating look at the splendor of the French court at Versailles through the eyes of its numerous visitors What was it like to visit one of the most magnificent courts of Europe? Based on a wealth of contemporary documents and surviving works of art, this lavish book explores the experiences of those who flocked to the palace and grounds of Versailles when it was the seat of the French monarchy. Engaging essays describe methods of transportation, the elaborate codes of dress and etiquette, precious diplomatic gifts, royal audiences, and tours of the buildings and gardens. Also presented are the many types of visitors and guests who eagerly made their way to this center of power and culture, including day-trippers and Grand Tourists, European diplomats, overseas ambassadors, incognito travelers, and Americans. Through paintings and portraits, furniture, tapestries, carpets, costumes and uniforms, porcelain, gold boxes, sculpture, arms and armor, engravings, and guidebooks, Visitors to Versailles illuminates what travelers encountered at court and what impressions, gifts, and souvenirs they took home with them. Versailles continues to impress millions of tourists today just as it enchanted generations of ancien regime visitors, whose experiences are brought to life in this sumptuously illustrated volume.

Visitors, Foreign --- Foreign visitors --- Foreigners --- Foreigners, Visiting --- International visitors --- Visiting foreigners --- History --- Louis --- Lodewijk --- le Roi-Soleil --- Louis le Grand --- de Zonnekoning --- Homes and haunts --- Art patronage --- Château de Versailles (Versailles, France) --- Versailles (France) --- Wersal (France) --- Versailles. --- Court and courtiers --- Exhibitions --- Travelers --- Exchange of persons programs --- Art --- anno 1700-1799 --- Versailles --- landscape gardening --- castles [fortifications] --- gardens [open spaces] --- historic gardens --- Château de Versailles (Versailles, France) - History - 17th century - Exhibitions --- Château de Versailles (Versailles, France) - History - 18th century - Exhibitions --- Visitors, Foreign - France - Versailles - History - 17th century - Exhibitions --- Visitors, Foreign - France - Versailles - History - 18th century - Exhibitions --- Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 - Homes and haunts - France - Versailles - Exhibitions --- Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 - Art patronage - Exhibitions --- Versailles (France) - Court and courtiers - Exhibitions