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===Subsidiary structures=== {{Main|Subsidiary structures of the Palace of Versailles}} [[File:Château de Versailles (Orangerie).jpg|thumb|right|The [[Versailles Orangery]]]] The first of the subsidiary structures of the Palace of Versailles was the {{ill|Versailles Menagerie|fr|Ménagerie royale de Versailles}},{{sfn|Walton|1986|p=33}}{{sfn|Palace of Versailles: Ménagerie}} built by Le Vau between the years 1662 and 1664,{{sfn|Palace of Versailles: Ménagerie}} at the southern end of the Grand Canal.{{sfn|Walton|1986|p=33}} The apartments, overlooking the pens,{{sfn|Berger|1994|p=54}}{{sfn|Walton|1986|pp=33, 55}} were renovated by Hardouin-Mansart from 1698 to 1700,{{sfn|Palace of Versailles: Ménagerie}} but the Menagerie fell into disuse in 1712.{{sfn|Walton|1986|p=33}}{{efn|The animals of the Menagerie, abandoned after the Revolution, were moved to Paris and became the foundation of the menagerie of the [[Jardin des Plantes]], the second-oldest public zoo in the world.<ref>Deligeorges, Gady, Labalette, "Le Jardin des Plantes et le Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" (2004), p. 58</ref>}} After a long period of decay, it was demolished in 1801.{{sfn|Palace of Versailles: Ménagerie}} The [[Versailles Orangery]], just to the south of the palace,{{sfn|Palace of Versailles: Orangery}} was first built by Le Vau in 1663,{{sfn|Jones|2018|pp=23–24}} originally as part of the general moving of earth to create the Estate.{{sfn|Walton|1986|p=55}} It was also modified by Mansart, who, from 1681 to 1685, totally rebuilt it and doubled its size.{{sfn|Berger|1994|p=107}} In late 1679,{{sfn|Berger|1994|p=143}} Louis XIV commissioned Mansart to build the [[Château de Marly]],{{sfn|Spawforth|2008|p=15}} a retreat at the edge of Versailles's estate, about {{convert|5|mi|order=flip}} from the palace.{{sfn|Jones|2018|p=51}} The château consisted of a primary residential building and twelve pavilions, in [[Palladian style]]{{sfn|Berger|1994|pp=143–44}} placed in two rows on either side of the main building.{{sfn|Base Mérimée: Domaine national de Marly}} Construction was completed in 1686,{{sfn|Spawforth|2008|p=15}}{{sfn|Base Mérimée: Château royal de Marly}} when Louis XIV spent his first night there.{{sfn|Berger|1994|p=143}} The château was nationalized and sold in 1799,{{sfn|Base Mérimée: Domaine national de Marly}} and subsequently demolished and replaced with industrial buildings. These were themselves demolished in 1805,{{sfn|Palace of Versailles: Estate of Marly}} and then in 1811 the estate was purchased by Napoleon.{{sfn|Base Mérimée: Domaine national de Marly}}{{sfn|Palace of Versailles: Estate of Marly}} On 1 June 2009, the grounds of the Château de Marly were ceded to the Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles.{{sfn|Palace of Versailles: Estate of Marly}} [[La Lanterne (Versailles)|La Lanterne]], is a hunting lodge named after the lantern that topped the nearby Menagerie that was built in 1787 by [[Philippe Louis de Noailles]], then the palace governor. It has since 1960 been a state residence.{{sfn|Palace of Versailles: Ménagerie}}
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