Showing posts with label Versailles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Versailles. Show all posts

16 December, 2013

Marie Antoinette's Cabinet Doré. Palace of Versailles.

02 July, 2011

Fleur de Lis

While the fleur-de-lis has appeared on countless European coats of arms and flags over the centuries, it is particularly associated with the French monarchy in a historical context, and continues to appear in the arms of the King of Spain and the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, members of the House of Bourbon. It remains an enduring symbol of France that appears on French postage stamps, although it has never been adopted officially by any of the French republics.