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Cannon Calendar 2007
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All right, here we are: the former country Palace –built in 1634 by his father, Louis XIII – was definitely too small for the “Dolphin” ; in love with this place – surrounded by woods where he hunts and spends most of his time – he can stay away from a noisy Paris. He ordered to extend it, thousands of skilled artisans worked here for the past twenty years – at a cost that still shocks his financial counsellor Colbert – and the new Chateau de Versailles is now (almost) finished! The sangliers – wild bore, hunted in the surrounding woods by two well-known characters – are brought to the Royal Butchers who prepare them for the numerous and noble mouths that Le Roi Soleil has decided to feed every day in this sort of Vacation Club! A compact mobile plant is churning out the insulated panels required to assemble a cold store for the large pieces of meat, and another one, below, provides the small refrigerators needed for sausages and Royal Steaks! Nobles – always wandering around to kill time – blend in with the workers, curious to understand the technological miracles of the “Grand Siècle”. Others sing serenades and try to flirt with the feminine universe that populates the 700 rooms of this wonder-palace! Ah, if only these walls could speak…

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