Partez à la recherche des quelques 130 métiers d’art installés dans les quartiers historiques Versailles est le fruit de la volonté d’un roi. Mais on oublie trop souvent tous les artistes et artisans qui contribuèrent de façon discrète mais si efficace, et avec tant de goût, aux embellissements du château : sculpteurs, peintres, doreurs, ébénistes, tapissiers, orfèvres,… innombrable fourmilière sans cesse occupée à satisfaire les demandes du roi et de ses proches. Des œuvres sorties de leurs mains, les contemporains ne parlent pas, tant il leur était naturel de vivre dans de la beauté...

In the 17th and 18th centuries, Versailles was a centre of global attention. The art it produced was imitated throughout France and Europe, and the French spoken there became the language of culture and diplomacy. Court fashions were adopted everywhere, while the policies pursued by the King kept all of Europe in a state of suspense.

Discover the deliciously quirky culinary history of Versailles! The Kings and Queens of France were known for their sweet tooth. Louis XIII was very partial to jam, especially at the end of a meal, while Louis XIV had a strong predilection for sugar-coated chestnuts and pastries. Louis XV soon showed a fondness for hot chocolate and never tired of extolling its fortifying, aphrodisiac and invigorating effects, while Marie-Antoinette had an unbridled passion for macaroons, which soon became her culinary motif.