Tuesday 8 December 2009

Help Me Solve This Versailles Mystery

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I thought that it would be really easy, with the help of Google, to find out more about this heart, but I’m having trouble…

It was found (though it was far from lost) in the passageway as you enter the Palace of Versailles, walking through to the gardens. It’s a beautifully clear heart, carved deeply into the stone with a crown above. A date is carved within the heart – looks like 17.5.17 , and though I’m finding it hard to see it in my own photograph, I’m sure that I could make out the words ‘le roi’ in there too.

The origin of this graffiti must be documented somewhere – if anyone can help me out it’d be much appreciated!

It was taken precisely here.

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