EXHIBITION – Presented at Versailles until 21 February 2016, the precious objects that served the funeral of Louis XVIII give an idea of ostentatious ritual used for the funeral of the Sun King <. /> p>
The royal funeral were Louis XIV time a spectacle, monumental and grandiose. You have to imagine tributes in the glittering chapel of light set in the Mercury Salon, the parade of funeral Versailles in Saint-Denis, on the night of 9 to 10 September 1715, in the light of torches and pitch beat drums, the great liturgical service given funeral in the Basilica of the royal abbey disguised pancakes and black draperies serving as a backdrop to the vast cenotaph Italian that housed the marble sarcophagus in trompe-l’oeil .
If adding the talents of architect and set designer Pier Luigi Pizzi, Versailles the challenge this fall not only to present scientific rigor with all the rituals that accompanied the death of the king, but also reconstitute this pathetic “death scene”, which one retains no representation but only the description of some witnesses, and how this ritual then survived until the present day.
“ The king is dead,” until February 21 at the Château de Versailles. Every day except Monday from 9 to 17:30. Rates: € 15; € 13. Information: www.leroiestmort.com
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