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20 de jul. de 2021 · From the Palace of Versailles, King Louis XIV commanded not only the kingdom of France but also the kingdom of animals. In the world-famous gardens, he created an extraordinary menagerie of beasts, a living, breathing allegory for the Sun King’s power over all he surveyed.
The animals in the menagerie were also a great source of inspiration for the artists of the time: they helped Claude Perrault with his Natural History, as well as serving the Royal Academy of Sciences as subjects for dissections and, later, Louis XV and Louis XVI, in their naturalism pursuits.
Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
16 de ene. de 2016 · Dans un premier article, je vous parlais des animaux exotiques des rois, de Charlemagne à Louis XIII : de la folie des lions et des léopards aux singes d’Henri IV, en passant par l’ours de François Ier ou encore l’engouement pour les oiseaux chanteurs.
29 de abr. de 2024 · Louis XIV (born September 5, 1638, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France—died September 1, 1715, Versailles, France) was the king of France (1643–1715) who ruled his country, principally from his great palace at Versailles, during one of its most brilliant periods and who remains the symbol of absolute monarchy of the classical age.
Luis XIV (Luis XIV, llamado el Rey Sol; Saint-Germaine-en-Laye, Francia, 1638 - Versalles, id., 1715) Rey de Francia (1643-1715). Primogénito de Luis XIII y Ana de Austria, quien influyó decisivamente en su carácter y fue, al parecer, la responsable de su mediocre instrucción («Ni siquiera le enseñaron a leer y escribir correctamente», afirmaba el duque de Saint-Simon en sus memorias ...
Unlike the menagerie at the Château de Vincennes, created in 1661 by Louis XIV for the show of fighting wild animals, the Menagerie of Versailles was a place of pleasure and discovery for the court, visitors, artists and scientists.
