The tony 17th-century square is home to art galleries, vintage clothiers, restaurants, cafés and is now the best-kept beauty ...

The Grand Banquet offers an immersive experience of the royal feasts of France’s 18th century — with a seasonal menu by Michelin-starred Alain Ducasse for today's exacting epicureans.

In 1623, King Louis XIII built a hunting lodge at Versailles for his own pleasure. It wasn’t until his successor, King Louis XIV, took the throne that Versailles was expanded to become a grand ...

Read More: World's Prettiest Places The French King Louis XIII originally built a lodge here as a quiet retreat where he could hunt. His son, Louis XIV, had different intentions for the property.

King Louis XIII in 1643. Rather, it was the enterprise of courtiers that he came to be so positioned at the wrong side of political reference. This was just as in virtually every instance of ...

His father, King Louis XIII favored the site for its hunting potential and built a brick and stone lodge there so modest, one of his advisors remarked that "a mere gentleman would not have been ...