Why is the main axis of Versailles oriented towards sunset on August 15, and why isn't this fact known? Why is the Apollo fountain, with its sun chariot, placed exactly on this axis?
What is the significance of this second ch teau, the Trianon, built by Louis XIV "for myself" and where he kept a meticulous eye on all the work? How might this deliberately chosen 17th-century location relate to an ancient calendar? Howard Crowhurst presents...
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