History of the Palace of Versailles edge of the garden) was converted to the small Jardin de la Reine. In the interior of the palace, the library and the "salon des jeux" in the "petit appartement du roi" and the "petit appartement de la reine", redecorated by Richard Mique for Marie-Antoinette, are among the finest examples of the style Louis XVI. On 6 October 1789, the royal family had to leave Versailles and move to the Tuileries Palace in Paris, as a result of the Women's March on Versailles. During the early years of the French Revolution, preservation of the palace was largely in the hands
Chateau Impney Across 2014, Chateau Impney embarked on a tree planting scheme to restore its 110 acres of parkland to Corbett's original intentions. The scheme saw over 200 trees planted within the grounds of the Chateau, the cultivation of an orchard to allow the hotel to become more self-sufficient and the removal of fencing to allow the grounds to return to the open parkland setting that was present during Corbett’s residency. In the 1950s and 1960s, the hotel hosted the Chateau Impney Hill Climb speed trials. The first event took place in 1957, and the original course was long. The event attracted