Galerie des Batailles
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The Galerie des Batailles is a gallery occupying the first floor of the Aile du Midi of the Palace of Versailles, joining onto the grand and petit appartement de la reine. 120 m long and 13 m wide, it
View of the Galerie des Batailles
Louis-Philippe opening the Galerie des Batailles, 10 June 1837, painted by François-Joseph Heim
Central part of the ceiling of the Galerie des Batailles
The Musée de l'Histoire de France is a museum which 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 re
Galerie des Batailles
…military history from the Battle of Tolbiac (traditionally dated 496) to the Battle of Wagram (5–6 July 1809). The gallery was a major component of the Musée de l'Histoire de France created by Louis-Philippe I. It replaced apartments which had been occupied in the 17th and 18th centuries by: Louis XIV's brother Philippe I, Duke of…
The Galerie des Batailles
One of the Salles des Croisades
The museum was dedicated "to all France's glories" in a spirit of national reconciliation
Louis-Philippe and his sons at the inauguration of the Musée de l'Histoire de France on 10 June 1837, by Horace Vernet (1846), Palace of Versailles