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Château de Versailles

Château de Versailles traces its origins to 1623, when Louis XIII established a modest hunting lodge on the site. On 6 May 1682, Louis XIV moved the Court and government there, and Versailles served as the kingdom’s political centre until 1789. After the Revolution, Louis-Philippe converted Versailles into a Museum of the History of France, inaugurated in 1837 and dedicated to “all the glories of France.” The Palace and Park of Versailles were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979. Since 1995, the Palace, Museum and National Estate have operated as a public administrative establishment with administrative and financial autonomy under the supervision of France’s Ministries of Culture and the Budget. Its public identity combines its former role as an Ancien Régime royal residence with its later role as a 19th-century museum of French history. Versailles also presents a fragrance heritage rooted in perfume and its uses at Court, including the Perfumer’s Garden at the Trianon estate. Francis Kurkdjian created Sillage de la Reine as a reinterpretation of Marie-Antoinette’s perfume based on authentic historical documents; sales in 2006 supported the Palace’s purchase of the Queen’s campaign trunk.