TO MARK THE TERCENTENARY OF THE ROYAL CHAPEL, THE CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES IS DEVOTING AN EXHIBITION THAT PRESENTS THE GENESIS OF THE BUILDING AND THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ITS HISTORY. AMONG THE WORKS EXHIBITED, THE LITURGICAL FURNITURE DONATED BY LOUIS XIV TO THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHREIN JERUSALEM WILL BE ON VIEW TO THE PUBLIC. THE WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN BY JULES HARDOUIN-MANSART IN 1687 AND COMPLETED IN 1710 BY ROBERT DE COTTE, AND THE ROYAL CHAPEL OF VERSAILLES, A MASTERPIECE OF SACRED ART, BECAME THE THEATER OF THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES OF THE ROYAL COURT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRADITION OF THE PALATINE CHAPELS, IT HAS TWO LEVELS. THE PRINCIPAL GALLERY, ABOVE THE ENTRANCE, WAS RESERVED FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY, WHILE THE SIDE GALLERIES WERE FOR THE PRINCES OF ROYAL BLOOD AND PRINCIPAL DIGNITARIES OF THE COURT; THE OTHER FAITHFUL WERE ON THE GROUND FLOOR. THE ORGAN WAS PLACED IN THE LOFT OVER THE HIGH ALTAR. DESIGNED BY CLICQUOT, ITS MOST FAMOUS ORGANIST WAS FRANCOIS COUPERIN. TO ACCOMPANY THE CELEBRATION OF THIS TERCENTENARY, THE ANNEXES OF THE CHAPEL WILL BE OPENED FOR GUIDED VISITS: THE SACRISTIES, THE ORATORY OF MADAME DE POMPADOUR, AS WELL AS THE ROOMS USED BY THE CHORISTERS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE KING'S ORCHESTRA. THE PRESERVED ANNEXES WILL ENABLE VISITORS TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE DAILY LIFE OF THE VARIOUS INCUMBENTS OF THE ROYAL CHAPEL DURING THE ANCIEN REGIME.
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