One of Europe's finest royal theatres, the Versailles Chateau Opera House, reopens Monday after a two-year revamp with its busiest schedule in almost 250 years. Unlike other historic European theatres -- Drottningholm in Sweden, Schwetzingen or Margrave's in Bayreuth, Germany -- the 660-seat Versailles Opera has seen very little action since opening in 1770 for the wedding of Louis XVI ...

Dozens of priceless timepieces, including a pocket watch made for French Queen Marie Antoinette, went on display in a much-anticipated exhibit Monday, more than a quarter century after they were stolen in one of Israel's most audacious robberies. In the 1983 theft, 106 timepieces worth millions of dollars disappeared ...

The French court at Versailles was the envy of Europe, and Louis XIV the first king to understand the importance of clothes as a symbol of the power of the monarchy. An exhibition "Court pomp and royal ceremonies: court dress in Europe 1650-1800" (until June 28) at the palace of Versailles attempts to recreate the magnificence and desire to dazzle ...