Father and son are walking towards avenue de Paris in the courtyard of the 'lesser pleasures of the king' building. The lesser pleasures story is quite interesting, should you so want to, read about it
here. In a nutshell, in the royal household, it was the department of the
Maison du Roi
responsible for said lesser pleasures. It was in charge of all the preparations for ceremonies,
events and festivities, down to the last detail of design and order and was housed here, on Avenue de Paris, since the reign of Louis XV.
The place is very historic because it is also here that the
Estates General took place in 1789, at the very beginning of the French Revolution. If you look at
this former VDP post, you can see the doorway from where this photo was taken, right at the end and middle of the first shot! The building now houses the
Baroque Music Centre of Versailles.
Ce papa et son fiston se dirigent vers l'avenue de Paris et vont quitter la cour de l'hôtel des menus plaisirs. Les menus plaisirs formaient une branche importante de l’administration de la maison du roi et furent abrités ici au cours du règne de Louis XV. En pratique, elle comprenait la préparation des cérémonies, fêtes, et spectacles de la cour. Pour en savoir plus, c'est
par ici que ça se passe. Le lieu est hautement historique puisque c'est également ici que se tinrent les
Etats Généraux en 1789. Si vous suivez
ce lien vers un billet antérieur de VDP, vous verrez la porte depuis laquelle cette photo a été prise, juste au bout et au milieu sur la première image. L'immeuble abrite aujourd'hui le
Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (CMBV).
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A peek into a courtyard on Avenue de Saint-Cloud. I am away for the weekend, see you soon!
A peek from the street inside an open doorway in Saint-Louis neighbourhood.
Two different kinds of mailboxes for this Theme Day: the one where you mail your letters and the ones where you receive it, taken in a courtyard. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants Happy month of May everyone!
With a view into the courtyard. The French pavilion is on Artsy Versailles today. Oh and another thing: for quite a while now, I've been amongst the people who have problems with updates on their dashboard: I can't scroll down the updates. I have to search for your blogs manually and would like to apologise in advance should I miss one of your posts until Blogger gets this problem sorted.
Last Thursday, strike day, I was working from home and ran an errand at the Palace at lunchtime (uh-huh!), so I hope you will bear with me this coming week because I indulged in a few photos from the outside! This of course is the inner courtyard: the royal courtyard in the front and the marble courtyard in the distance. .jpg)
When last April I had posted the whole view of the courtyard, VP of Livorno Daily Photo asked for a detail of the statue and sundial. Here they are. I have added a poll under the header, I'd appreciate your opinion!.jpg)
These charming doors are located in this courtyard. I have added a poll under the header, I'd appreciate your opinion!
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