Cannon 2007 Calendar
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“L’État c’est moi!” – “The State is me!” he’d have said once: not a sure thing, but a possible one. Who? Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil, the Sun King, who else? It’s a sunny day in June 1682, he’s just moved into his new house, in Versailles, France, where he welcomes foreign ambassadors, noblemen and – you, of course! Well, every detail of the great mansion is not exactly ready and the activity is frantic around the two ponds of the Parterre d’Eau, but – who cares? He’s proudly showing off several inventions made in this “Grand Siècle” by inventors arrived from the four corners of the Earth. Follow me, I’ll try to explain what’s going on here. Bienvenue!

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