La Dordogne
La Dordogne is a work of art in Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France. La Dordogne is situated nearby to Terrasse, as well as near the museum Palace of Versailles.- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Inscription: “F A COYSEVOX FONDV PAR LES KELLERS”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include King’s Grand Apartment and Queen’s Grand Apartment.
King’s Grand Apartment
Photo: Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0.
The grand appartement du roi is the King's grand apartment of the Palace of Versailles. As a result of Louis Le Vau's envelope of Louis XIII’s château, constructed as part of Louis XIV's second building campaign, the King and Queen had new apartments in the new addition, known at the time as the château neuf.
Queen’s Grand Apartment
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The grand appartement de la reine is the Queen's grand apartment of the Palace of Versailles. Forming a parallel enfilade with that of the grand appartement du roi, the grand appartement de la reine served as the residence of three Queens of France: Maria Theresa of Spain, Marie Leszczyńska and Marie Antoinette. Queen’s Grand Apartment is situated 100 metres southeast of La Dordogne.
Museum of the History of France
Museum
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Musée de l'Histoire de France is a museum that was created by King Louis Philippe I in the Palace of Versailles and opened in 1837. At the time, it represented an ambitious project of national reconciliation between the hitherto competing narratives of the French monarchy and the French Revolution, to which Louis-Philippe devoted significant personal attention. Museum of the History of France is situated 120 metres southeast of La Dordogne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hameau de la Reine and Montreuil (Versailles).
Hameau de la Reine
Locality
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hameau de la Reine is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for Marie Antoinette in 1783 near the Petit Trianon in Yvelines, France.
Le Chesnay
Suburb
Photo: Henrysalome, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Chesnay is a former commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt.
La Dordogne
- Category: tourism
- Location: Versailles, Arrondissement of Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.80514° or 48° 48′ 19″ northLongitude
2.11982° or 2° 7′ 11″ eastInception
1685—1688Height
1.3 metres (4.2 feet)Width
2.4 metres (7.9 feet)Open location code
8FW4R449+3WOpenStreetMap ID
node 1188901074OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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