When Louis XIV (who was also known as the Sun King) came to power, he became fond of hunting at Versailles just like his father. He loved the property so much that he chose to expand it in 1661.

compares the courts of Warhol and the original Sun King, Louis XIV - casting The Factory as a 1960s version of the Palace of Versailles. Andy Warhol in his house on Lexington Avenue, New York City ...

Docudrama about the life of Louis XIV nicknamed "the Sun King", the King of France who ... and built an incredible palace for himself - the Versailles.

The series follows King Louis XIV of France ... while dressed as the Sun King, but now he is trying to physically, and mentally, embody that persona. The duality of Versailles and Louis is a ...

The machine was designed at the request of the French king Louis XIV—the monarch who commissioned Versailles, also known as the Sun King. His and his successors’ courts are mainly remembered ...

The Palace of Versailles stands as a testament to ... It was originally constructed in 1682 under the order of King Louis XIV, the Sun King, and served as the royal residence until his grandson ...

This charming exhibition is a version of one first shown at Versailles in 2010 ... took a keen interest in science (Louis XV and XVI more than the Sun King) including, we learn, the princesses.

In order to convert Versailles from a mere hunting lodge for the king’s leisure and sports into France’s principal seat of power in the late 17th century, Louis XIV wanted his gardens to be ...