LOUIS XIV

Pour favoriser la construction de la ville, le roi Louis XIV prit deux importantes décisions, le 22 mai 1671, en faisant don de terrains à bâtir contre l'engagement de construire et le paiement d'un droit, modeste, de cinq sols par arpent et le 24 novembre 1672 en rendant insaisissables les immeubles construits.

En 1682, sont achevées la Petite Écurie et la Grande Écurie destinées à abriter les chevaux de selle et les carrosses royaux. Construites par Jules-Hardouin Mansart, de part et d'autre de l'avenue de Paris, elles complètent la place d'Armes face au château.

En 1694, sont élus pour la première fois des représentants des habitants, les quaterniers, avec à leur tête un syndic.

Avec l'installation du roi Louis XIV et de sa cour, le 6 mai 1682, la petite cité va connaître une destinée flamboyante pendant le règne de ce dernier avec une population d'environ 30000 habitants à sa mort et continuera de grossir sous ses successeurs jusqu'à atteindre 50 000 âmes lorsque arrive la Révolution.

Versailles

Versailles (French pronunciation: [vɛʁsaj]), a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial center. Located in the western suburbs of the French capital, 17.1 km (10.6 mi) from the center of Paris, the commune of Versailles is the préfecture (administrative seat) of the Yvelines department. According to the 2006 census, the population of the city is 89,490 inhabitants, down from a peak of 94,145 in 1975.

Les spectacles du chateau de Versailles

Versailles nowadays

Versailles' primary cultural attraction is the Palace, with its ornately decorated rooms and historic significance. The town also has other points of cultural notability; in recent times, its position as an affluent suburb of Paris has meant that it forms a part of the Paris artistic scene, and musical groups such as Phoenix, Air and Daft Punk have some link to the city, as does the director Michel Gondry.

More details about Versailles and its patrimony: visit the Office de tourisme website

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Versailles' origins

There are still doubts about the etymology Versailles, but it seems the name comes from the Latin word versare, meaning "to make more of, to keep on turning a new leaf", and was used in medieval times for plowed lands, cleared lands (lands that had been repeatedly "turned over"). This word formation seems similar to Latin seminare ("to sow") which gave French semailles ("sowings", "sown seeds"). During the Revolution of 1789, city officials had proposed to the Convention to rename Versailles Berceau-de-la-Liberté ("Cradle of Liberty"), but they had to retract their proposal when confronted with the objections of the majority of the population.

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