Great Stable - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Great Stable - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Grande Écurie (literal French for "The Great Stable") is a building located in Versailles (Yvelines), on the Place d'Armes, opposite the Palace, between the avenues of Saint-Cloud and Paris. Together with the Petite Écurie (literal French for "The Small Stable"), it formed the Royal Stables (an institution that employed around a thousand peopleSquires, pages, footmen, coachmen, grooms, blacksmiths, cartwrights, saddlers, doctors, surgeons, chaplains, musicians, etc under Louis XIV), and was built under the direction of architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart and completed in 1682. Read more on Wikipedia
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