The Palace of Versailles in Arras : from 17th March 2012 to 10 November 2012, discover the exhibition Roulez Carrosses! at the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras.

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Relive the departure of the coaches from the Palace of Versailles for the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras where they are exhibited till 13 November 2013. Exhibition Roulez carrosses ! From 17 March 2012 to 10 November 2013. More info on and

On the occasion of the exhibition Roulez carrosses ! the coaches of the Palace of Versailles was restored. Here an insight of the work made on the Charles X 's coronation coach by Laurent Hissier, restorer-gilder at the Palace of Versailles.

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All about the coaches by Jean-Louis Libourel, Emeritus curator of the Heritage, commissioner of the exhibition Roulez carrosses !

Discover the history of this forgotten mode of transport with Hélène Delalex, who is in charge of the collections of the Carriage Museum of the Palace of Versailles and assistant curator of the exhibition Roulez carrosses!

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Near the end of the 17th century, the court of France adopted a fashion from the Scandinavian courts: races with horse-drawn sleighs. The "Leopard" sleigh, a very luxurious vehicle, is one of the most spectacular examples of this form of transport borrowed from northern Europe.

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On 28 May 1825, Charles X was crowned king in Reims. For the processions before and after this grandiose ceremony, the coachbuilders, joiners, sculptors, painters and embroiderers created an exceptional carriage, a total masterpiece of art. by Hélène Delalex, who is in charge of the collections of the Carriage Museum of the Palace of Versailles and assistant curator of the exhibition Roulez carrosses!

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Do you know the story of the young Duc de Bordeaux, nicknamed "the miracle child", and his carriage built quickly for his christening by the coachbuilder Jean Ernest Auguste Getting? The story with images is told by Hélène Delalex, who is in charge of the collections of the Carriage Museum of the Palace of Versailles and assistant curator of the exhibition Roulez carrosses!

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