Salon+de+Vénus

Salon de Vénus, translated to The Venus Lounge, is a lounge in the Place of Versailles, Chateau French located in Yvelines in the IIe-de-France. Part of the Large Apartment of the King, the room was decorated on the theme of the Roman Goddess, Venus. The lounge area is located by the Diana Salon (Diana Lounge) and the Ambassadors Stairs until they were destroyed in 1752. The floor in the lounge was paved with marble of different colors in red and green dominant. The décor shows different outlines of Roman styles, since they were still fashionable in the 1670's. It had marble, inland with polychrome marbles, ancient ornaments (the ionic columns, etc..) and gilt bronzes. The ceiling is covered in different paintings like certain times from ancient history, famous kidnappings, and famous couples from both mythology and ancient history. In the central niche (in the center of the South Wall) a statue of Louis XIV as a Roman Emperor. The Vénus Salon is also covered with several different busts. By: Caitlyn Dixon