VersaillesVersailles was not always a castle or a royal palace, it was also a country village on the road to Paris. Now let's go back to the time of its construction. There were a total of four campaigns, each lasting approximately 4 to 20 years. The first campaign was to build the garden and apartments to accommodate 600 party guests and not much else happened during that campaign. The second construction campaign was mainly aimed at creating a place for the royal family to stay. King Louis XIV had his own bedroom and his queen also had her own bedroom. Louis XIV's brother and sister-in-law also had their own room. A hunting lodge for the royal family was also created for them to stay there. The second campaign also took place at the same time as the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. During the third campaign after the Dutch War and the signing of the Treaty of Nijmegen, the north and south wings were built as well as the Hall of Mirrors. Nobles and princes close to the king lived in these wings. A huge garden was also built as a symbol of France's power in Europe. The fourth and final campaign took place after the defeat of the Augsburg League War. The last thing that was built was the chapel which was built around 1710. After everything was built, all construction stopped until twenty years later when Louis XV became king. The construction of the palace required 36,000 men and 6,000 horses, which took approximately 50 years. Now that the palace was almost complete, Louis XIV thought the village needed a touch-up because he wanted the nobles and court to live there. At its peak, the village had a population of 30,000 and the inns could still accommodate hundreds more if necessary. Above all, Louis XIV wanted his city to be...... middle of paper ...... to be a superpower. It was easy life for King Louis XIV everything was handed over to him and he was happy for the whole 72 years of absolute monarchy. A popular expression he said was L'Etat, c'est moi, which means I am the State, which means it controls everything in France. People worshiped him as a god, which was the most likely reason for the fall of the French and also the fact that Versailles cost the national fund $100 million. You can go see Versailles yourself in Europe today, it is a grand and artistic event as always. -of-the-sun-king-and-the-royal-family/MOLLENAUER, LYNN WOOD. “Versailles.” Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the modern world. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. December 9, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles