The King's, then Queen's stables

The King's, then Queen's stables
The King's, then Queen's stables
	The Grande Écurie at the Palace of Versailles, taken from the Pavillon Dufour.
Location	Versailles, Yvelines ; France
Coordinates	48°48′24″N 2°07′35″E / 48.80667°N 2.12639°E
Built	1672 (purchase of land)
Monument historique
Original purpose	Horse stable
Current purpose	Versailles Court of Appeal.
	Location of The King's, then Queen's stables in Île-de-France (region)

The King's Stables are located in Versailles, at 5 Carnot street, a few hundred meters from the Palace. Constituting the Royal Stables (an institution employing hundreds of people^[1] at the time of Louis XIV's installation at Versailles), they were built in 1672.

Deemed too small, they were quickly replaced in the 1680s by the Petite Écurie and the Grande Écurie of the Place d'Armes. They were then offered to the Queen and became the Queen's Stables.

They are now occupied by the Versailles Court of Appeal.

They were listed as a historic monument in 1978.^[2]

References

^ Squires, pages, footmen, coachmen, grooms, blacksmiths, cartwrights, saddlers, doctors, surgeons, chaplains, musicians, etc.
^ "Ecuries du Roi, puis de la Reine (anciennes) - fiche PA00087686". pop culture (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-05.

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[1] Squires, pages, footmen, coachmen, grooms, blacksmiths, cartwrights, saddlers, doctors, surgeons, chaplains, musicians, etc.

[2] "Ecuries du Roi, puis de la Reine (anciennes) - fiche PA00087686". pop culture (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-05.

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