Hélène Delalex

The chateau of Versailles is believed to have been a dirty palace: a place where everyone tossed the contents of their chamber pots from the windows above… Yet during the chateau’s construction, Louis XIV had given thought to commodities, and several public latrines were built as well as a very modern water system. So where did this bad reputation come from?

Alberto Angela hosts an episode filmed in the Palace of Versailles with a single sequence shot: a unique opportunity to admire works of art, monumental rooms, and discover the secret passages and most inaccessible areas of the structure.