MARLY-LE-ROI

märlēˈ-lə-rwä, town (1990 pop. 16,775), Yvelines dept., N France, on the Seine River near Versailles. Nearby is the hamlet of Marly-la-Machine, where in 1682 a huge hydraulic engine, the machine de Marly, was built to supply the fountains of Versailles. Considered one of the wonders of the world, the engine was in use until 1804. In the town is a church (1689) built by J. H. Mansart.

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books on: Marly Le Roi  - 74 results

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Louise de la Valliere
Book by Alexandre Dumas, David Coward; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Fiction, France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715--Fiction, La Valliere, Francoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc--duchesse de--1644-1710--Fiction
...appropriation of the Navy vessel, Le Veloce , during his visit to North...of the Chateau de Monte Cristo at Marly-le-Roi. August: Dumas begins work on the...of The Vicomte de Bragelonne , in Le Siecle . 1848 Dumas stands unsuccessfully...
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The Creation of the Rococo
Book by Fiske Kimball; W. W. Norton, 1964
Subjects: Art, Rococo--France, Decoration And Ornament, Rococo--France
...delicate gilt mosaique. At Marly, first projected in 1679...continuing the traditions of Le Brun and Dorbay. Prior...desseins quil a faits pour le service de S. M ." II...in A.-A. Guillamot: Le Chateau de Marly-le-Roi , 1865, pl. 3. I have...
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An Outline of 19th Century European Painting: From David through Cezanne
Book by Lorenz Eitner; Westview Press, 1992
Subjects: Painting, European--Outlines, Syllabi, Etc, Painting, Modern--19th Century--Europe--Outlines, Syllabi, Etc
...canvases, including The Waterworks at Marly, received his share of sarcastic...moved from Louveciennes to nearby Marly-le-Roi. His finances were in disarray...seasons along the banks of the Seine at Marly and among the neighboring villages...
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Men and Gardens
Book by Nan Brother; Alfred A. Knopf, 1956
Subjects: Gardens, Landscape Gardening--History
...to time to his house at Marly, where ceremony was forgotten...Antoinettes hameau . In Le Notres gardens it must have...keep up the pretence, and Marly changed from an informal country house to Marly-le-roi, the most magnificent of...
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Adenauer: The Father of the New Germany
Book by Charles Williams; Wiley, 2000
Subjects: Adenauer, Konrad--1876-1967, Germany (West)--Politics And Government, Heads Of State--Germany (West)--Biography
...held at the royal hunting lodge at Marly-le-Roi, which de Gaulle had seemingly appropriated...Head of State. Adenauer arrived at Marly on 4 March in a complaining mood...was left to one side. While at Marly, he had been able to tell de Gaulle...
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journal articles on: Marly Le Roi  - 3 results

 
 
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Une Amitie Litteraire: Chateaubriand et Dumas Pere
Journal article by Fernande Bassan; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, 2001
Subjects: Authors, French--Behavior, Chateaubriand, Francois-Rene de--Behavior, Dumas, Alexandre, pere--Behavior, French literature--19th century AD, French writers--Behavior
...Bonaparte a manque se noyer dans la Saone. Il affirme que le Vicomte est rentre dAmerique apres un sejour de douze mois cinq, en 1791, pour sauver le Roi arrete a Varennes; Dumas le fait revenir en 1792 pour laisser le temps a Bonaparte...
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The French Musical Theater: Maintaining Control in Caribbean Colonies in the Eighteenth Century
Journal article by David M. Powers; Black Music Research Journal, 1998
Subjects: Imperialism--18th century, Musical theater--Political aspects, Theater--Political aspects
...Laye, Fontainebleau, Marly, and Choisy). (5...Jean-Baptiste Lullys Le Triomphe de Bacchus dans...libretto by Racine), and Le Temple de la paix (1685...C.J.B. Cherons Le Temple des vertus (1700...monde par la fregate du roi La Boudeuses, et la flute...
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Styles of Experimentation and the Attempts to Establish the Lightning Rod in Pre-revolutionary Paris
Journal article by Peter Heering; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 99, 2009
Subjects: Lightning
...experimentation. Setting the Stage The Marly experiment of 1752, which can...Nollets death, Jean Baptiste Le Roy, one of his pupils, was...become his successor. However, Le Roy, who was known to be a Franklinist...responsible for the Cabinet du Roi.38 In a similarly indirect...


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magazine articles on: Marly Le Roi  - 1 result

 
 
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Art and Diplomacy in Ottoman Constantinople
Magazine article by Philip Mansel; History Today, Vol. 46, August 1996
Subjects: Istanbul, Turkey--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Foreign relations, Turkey--History
...de M de Ferriol ambassadeur du Roi a la Porte. The artists name...post of Peintre ordinaire du Roi en Levant in 1725. After he...artists Lespinasse, Cochin and Le Barbier laine. The most impressive...inspired by Louis XIVs pavilions at Marly. Since the pictures are unsigned...


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encyclopedia articles on: Marly Le Roi  - 3 results

 
 
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Marly-Le-Roi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARLY-LE-ROI marle -l -rwa, town (1990 pop. 16...near Versailles. Nearby is the hamlet of Marly-la-Machine, where in 1682 a huge hydraulic engine, the machine de Marly, was built to supply the fountains of...
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Le NÔtre, AndrÉ
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LE NOTRE, ANDRE aNdra l no tr , 1613 1700...first important design, the park of Vaux-le-Vicomte, attracted the attention of Louis...He also designed parks for Saint-Cloud, Marly-le-Roi, Chantilly, Fontainebleau, and Saint...
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Versailles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...work of Louis Le Vau , J. H. Mansart , and Charles Le Brun . Andre Le Notre laid out the park and gardens, which are decorated...as Antoine Coysevox . A huge machine was built at Marly-le-Roi to supply water for the fountains. The park contains...


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