FRENCH LANGUAGE A simple hamlet of three hundred souls at the beginning of the 17th century, Versailles truly entered history by the will of Louis XIII who made it one of his favourite retreats. During his reign, Louis XIV undertook to metamorphose his father's modest hunting lodge into the most illustrious royal residence the world has known and to transform the old medieval village into the new capital of the kingdom. French language 144 pages Ouest-France Publishing
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