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This many people lived at Versailles
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3,000
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Louis lived under the pulic eye for this many years
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30
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The king had this many bodyguards
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24
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The king ate breakfast at...
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10
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The king woke up at...
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8:30
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This many people were in and out of the bedchamber on an average morning
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100
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It took _____ yrs to build the palace (total)
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50
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It took this many workers to build the palace
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15000
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Louis XIV made wersailles his official residence in ____
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1682
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The architect Mansard enlarged the building in _____ yrs
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10
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Louid posed for Bernini at age...
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27
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In winter louis xiv played illiards this many evenings a week
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3
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The clock in the mercury salon was given to louis xiv in...
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1706
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The hall of mirrors has this many mirrored arcades
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17
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In the Orngerie there are this many varieties of tropical trees
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1080
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In the apollo fountain this many horses pull the chariot
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4
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The trianon has this many floors
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1
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The chapel has this many floors
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2
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The great antechamber became the office of the clock this year
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1754
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The first roll top desk was comleted in...
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1769
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The chapel was consecrated in this year
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1710
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The future louis xvi wed maire antoinette in...
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1770
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The opera house seats this many people
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1000
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Louis Philippe made versailles a museum in...
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1837
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Louis philippe consecrated this many rooms to the Crusades
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5
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This woman was the regent of Louis XIV when he was too young to rule
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Anne of Austria
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The woman had the Tuileries Palace built in 1563
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Catherine de Medeci
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A pink sarcophagus was the finally resting place for this egyptian king
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Ramses III
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This ruler expanded the Louvre to hold his imperial offices
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Napoleon III
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Eight centuries of achitectural history can be found here
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Louvre
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This king of Babylon has a statue commemorating his in the Antiquities collection
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Hammarabi
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This Greek Statue depicts a great sea victory
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The victory of Samothrace
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This wing of the museum sits beside the river seine
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denon
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This architect covered a marble statue with gray lead to match the roof
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I.M. Pei
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Thsi king was the first to use the Louvre as a palace
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Francois 1st
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This is the location of coronation relics
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Saint Denis Abbey
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The red room in the denon wing is home to great french paintings like...
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The Oath of the Horatio
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This country is one of the 3 that has almost 900 works in 40 rooms
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Flanders
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Raphael painted this famous painting of the vigin mary, christ and john the baptist
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La Belle Jardiniere
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Light hearted nostalgic pleasure is the theme is this painters paintings
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Watteau
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This Queen had rubens paint 24 canvasses that directly related to her life
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Marie de Medieci
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Fragonard was famous for this type of painting
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Portrait
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The host normally held on an icon from Louis' treasury made from this stone
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Lapis Lazuli
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La Rose (Rose window
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in the middle of Notre Dame and looks like a rose
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Le portail du jugement
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center door
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le portail de la vierge
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left door
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le portail de sainte ann
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right door
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Le tours
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the towers
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arc boutont
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flying buttresses
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la flesh
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spire
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the spire is under the rose window
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st. denis did...
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he got his head cut off then walked 6 km.
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St. Geniveive did...
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she told paris to stay and fight the huns and not leave. when they got there they just passed then the second time passing they killed the 12 yr old girl.
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Richelieu was...
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a cardinal of Louis XIV and has a wing named after him
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tour eiffel
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bir hakeim
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Place de la Concorde
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concorde
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Musee de louvre
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Palais Royal
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Arc de Triumph
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Charles de Galle
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Opera
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Opera
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Hotel des invalides
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latour maubourg
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Centre pompidou
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Rambuteau
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Musee de Rodin
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Varenne
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Basilique du Sacre Coeur
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anvers
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Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise
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Pere Lachaise
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Hard Rock Cafe
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Richelieu-Druout
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Jardin du Luxembourg
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Odeon
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Catacombes de paris
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den fert Rochereau
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Notre Dame
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