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...arily it is a residential community, it is also noted as the palace and gardens of Louis XIV. Industry also is included some what in the city. The gardens were designed by a French landscape architect André Le Notré. They are laid out in broad avenues and lined with trees, shrubbery, and groups of sculpture. In the garden, there are secluded groves and a mile-long Grand Canal. North from the gardens are the royal villas. Marie Antoinette‘s, queen of France, Favorite retreat place was the Petit Trianon, royal villa, built by Gabriel by order of Louis XV and, under Louis XVI, the Grove of the Baths of Apollo, designed by Hubert Robert, and the Queen‘s Hamlet, so revealing of Marie Antoinette‘s personality. The palace was the site of many historic events. In 1837, it became a national museum. The French Revolution began in 1789, on the Jeu de Paume (tennis) Court. This event took place when the Estates-General of France took his famous oath. On January 18, 1871 William I was announced emperor of Germany at a ceremony held in the palace during the Franco-Prussian War that lasted from 1870 through 1871, in which the German headquart...