Today in History: The Palace of Versailles

On this day (May 6) in 1682, Louis XIV moved his court to his new palace at Versailles. This palace, the court of the “Sun King”, became a symbol of royal wealth and power throughout Europe. It also pulled the court out of Paris and gave the king some distance from the Parisian mobs. At great expense, the palace has been restored to its seventeenth century glory and is open to the public as a museum.