The Palace of Versailles wasn't built in a day. Watch a 3-D animation of the history of royal residence, from Louis XIII to the French Revolution. The video is featured in the exhibition "Visitors to Versailles (1682–1789)." https://met.org/2rsM0Dk | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The queen's bedroom at the Palace of Versailles, known as the Chambre de la Reine, was the specific room where French queens gave birth to their children in a highly public ritual, a tradition requiring the presence of court members and clergy to witness the heir's arrival and prevent baby swaps. This ornate chamber, part of the Queen's Apartments, saw the births of nineteen "Children of France", including future monarchs like Louis XV, with Marie-Antoinette's traumatic first birth highlighting