Planning for a home vegetable garden this spring? Spare a thought for the French Sun King's Potager du Roi at Versailles. Louis XIV (1643-1715) needed his 25 acres to support his vast court numbering some 10,000 nobles, officials and servants of every rank and pomposity.
Louis himself worked closely with his architect, Louis Le Vau, to create what is officially the Chateau de Versailles, although chateau seems something of an understatement for a building covering 67,000 square metres. Construction commenced in 1661 and although activities continued to 1710, the palace officially opened in May 1682 when Versailles became the capital of the kingdom, about 20 miles southwest of Paris. The surrounding 800 hectares of gardens were the work of Andre Le Notre--a story in themselves.The Comment section of online publications is the new front in the ongoing Cancel Culture Battle.
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