Petite Écurie - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Petite Écurie - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Petite Écurie is a monument located in Versailles, on the Place d'Armes, opposite the Palace of Versailles, between the Avenue de Paris and the Avenue de Sceaux. Together with the Grande Écurie, it formed the Écuries royales (an institution employing some 1,000 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 1681.. Read more on Wikipedia
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