Marie Antoinette's Versailles (Premium)

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🗓️ 17 August 2020

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This is a preview episode. Get the full episode, and many more, ad free, on our supporter's feed: https://getsleepy.com/support. Marie Antoinette's Versailles Sleep like royalty, as Abbe leads us on a relaxing tour of Versailles in the time of Marie Antoinette. Sound design: breeze, bugs, horse hooves. About Get Sleepy Premium: Help support the podcast, and get: Monday and Wednesday night episodes (with zero ads) The exclusive Thursday night bonus episode Access to the entire back catalog (also ad-free) Premium sleep meditations, extra-long episodes and more! We'll love you forever. ❤️ Get a 7 day free trial, and join the Get Sleepy community here https://getsleepy.com/support. And thank you so, so much. Tom, and the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, Thomas here. You're listening to a preview episode. You can enjoy the entire story
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0:23.2	below to learn more. And thank you so so much. Me and the team really appreciate your
0:29.7	support.
0:59.7	The palace is home to Marianne Toinette, the Queen of France.
1:08.8	Marianne Toinette is the youngest daughter of Holy Roman Empress Maria Teresa. The
1:16.2	Empress married her daughter to the heir to the French throne to strengthen the alliance
1:21.3	between the two often warring nations. Now, in 1786, Marianne Toinette has been the Queen
1:31.1	of France for over a decade. Versailles her escape from the faster pace of Paris.
1:42.0	Her chariot has brought her here for a relaxing weekend.
1:46.2	The pattern of horse hooves stops when her chariot reaches the royal gate. It marks the boundary
1:55.4	of the palace. Lined with over 100,000 gold leaves, the gate informs visitors that royals live within.
2:07.4	Met by a handful of servants who guide her through the gate, Marianne Toinette steps into a large
2:14.6	courtyard. Here the palace rises up with marvel. Arched windows and balconies,
2:24.8	lined with gold leaves over looked the courtyard.
2:31.2	From one of these balconies, Louis XIV, the sun king, once addressed the French people.
2:38.4	The courtyard is never empty. Women wearing gowns with wide skirts cross the space,
2:47.8	attending to their duties. Arrestocratic men arrive in horse-drawn carriages for business meetings.
2:56.4	And visitors from Paris flock for a glimpse of the king and queen.
3:01.9	As she draws closer to the building, she crosses onto the marble courtyard.
3:10.8	Built in 1623, the courtyard's black and white tiles create vivid patterns.
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