Palace of Versailles to the Palace in 1682. The bed is a replica of the original commissioned by King Louis-Philippe in the 19th century when he turned the Palace into a Museum. The ceiling paintings by the Flemish artist Jean Baptiste de Champaigne depicts the god Mercury in his chariot, drawn by a rooster, and Alexander the Great and Ptolemy surrounded by scholars and philosophers. The Automaton Clock was made for the King by the royal clockmaker Antoine Morand in 1706. When it chimes the hour, figures of Louis XIV and Fame descend from a cloud. The Salon of Mars was used by
Versailles, Pennsylvania Versailles, Pennsylvania Versailles is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 1,515. Despite being named after the extraordinary Palace of Versailles, the name of the borough is almost universally pronounced "ver-sales" by residents of the area. The borough of Versailles was incorporated on 16 June 1894. It comprised the pre-existing villages of Bissell and Elrod. An earlier incorporation in 1892 had been voided because of a defective petition. Versailles is located at (40.316869, -79.833414). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which ,