Grands travaux d’aménagement du vallon de Marly
The Marly valley is situated 8 kilometres to the north of Versailles. The soil is made up of Rupelian sands lying on clay and marl, with an overall variation in level of 70 metres. Louis XIV chose this valley for a truly new royal place of residence, built between 1679 and his death in 1715, which b...
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Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles
2006-03-01
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Series: | Bulletin du Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/crcv/14555 |