VersaillesVersailles was not always a castle or a royal palace, it was also a country village on the road to Paris. Now let's take a step back to the period in which it was built. There were a total of four campaigns, each lasting approximately 4-20 years. The first campaign involved building the garden and apartments to accommodate 600 guests invited to a party and not much else happened in this campaign. The second construction campaign was mainly about creating a place for the royal family to stay. King Louis XIV had his room and his queen also had her room. Louis XIV's brother and sister-in-law also had their own room. A hunting lodge was also created for the royal family where they could stay. The second campaign also took place at the same time as the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. In the third campaign, after the Dutch War and the signing of the Treaty of Nijmegen, the north and south wings as well as the hall of mirrors were built. In these wings lived the nobles and princes relatives of the king. A huge garden was also built as a symbol of France's power in Europe. The fourth and final campaign was after the defeat of the Augsburg League War. The last thing that was being built was the chapel which was built in 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 to build. Now that the palace was practically finished, Louis XIV thought that the village needed a makeover because he wanted the nobles and the 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 wants his city to...... middle of paper ...... be a superpower. Life was easy for King Louis XIV, everything was handed over to him and he was happy for the entire 72 years of absolute monarchy. A popular phrase he said was L'État, c'est moi meaning I am the state, saying it means he is in control of everything in France. The people worshiped him like a god, which was the most likely reason for the fall of France and also the fact that Versailles cost 100 million dollars of national funds. Today you can go and see Versailles yourself in Europe, it is a great and artistic event as always. Works Cited http://jsf2012.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/chateau-de-versailles-a-day-in-the-life-del-re-sole-e-della-famiglia-reale/MOLLENAUER, LYNN WOOD. "Versailles." Europe, 1450 to 1789: Early Modern Encyclopedia. 2004. Enciclopedia.com. December 9, 2013 .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles