Orangerie of Versailles (l’Orangerie de Versailles)

The Orangerie @ Versailles Palace An Orangerie is a room inside a building where mostly orange & lemon trees or other fruit trees are protected from the winter.

King Louis XIV (1638-1715) was terrified of bathing; he's said to have taken only three baths in his life. That fear was shared by the noblility in the 17th Century – it ws thought that was thought that water spread disease (so the less you bathed, the less vulnerable you were). Yet Versailles was seriously fragrant.

Since 1995, the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles have, collectively, been a public establishment of an administrative nature, with administrative and financial autonomy. It is under the supervision of the French Ministry of Culture and Ministry of the Budget.

Château de Versailles The former hunting lodge of Louis XIII, the Palace of Versailles became the seat of French government in the 18th century. From the time of Louis XIV to the French Revolution, the Palace underwent many refurbishments, carried out by the three subsequent kings.