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A New Hotel In Versailles End of Year 2011
If you want a hotel in Paris, you might want to be at the center of town, near all the sights and able to travel on foot from your hotel. But if you’re planning to visit the Palace of Versailles, it may also be a good choice to stay at a hotel in or near Versailles.
Versailles is a city that was formed around the Palace of Versailles. But there is a better option than staying in the city of Versailles: from end of the year 2011 there will be a new hotel in Versailles, which will be right next to the palace. The only hotel in Versailles will have 23 rooms. Guests can enjoy their stay at Versailles in rooms overlooking the famous gardens of the palace, known as “l’Orangerie.”
The Hotel Grand Control already exists. In the past, was this place where the financial advisers of the kings of France were housed? This hotel has received over 5.5 million Euros from the Belgian company International Ivy as part of an agreement to keep the historic building.
The company responsible for remodeling the hotel is committed to preserving and maintaining its key features. This company will be in charge of the hotel for 30 years, demonstrating the large deficit facing the French government at the present time.
The original building was built in 1680. The control of the Grand Hotel is considered by UNESCO as one of the greatest achievements of 17th century French art. It has a total area of 1,700 square meters and was the control area from 1723 to 1789, when the French Revolution ended absolutism. In the 19th century was part of the then Ministry of War or Defense, which is used as a refectory or dining hall for officers, which was his role until 2006.
The Palace of Versailles only regained possession of the hotel in 2009. It lies about 16 kilometers from Paris and was the seat of government of Louis XIV in 1682.
If you want to stay in this new luxury hotel in Versailles, expect to pay about 500 to 600 Euros per night. But it can be fun to feel part of the splendors of the majestic past of the history of the French monarchy.