The Palace of Versailles has reopened the freshly restored Jeu de Paume Room that witnessed the first steps towards French democracy in 1789. Used as a storeroom, a games room and a long since-abandoned museum about the Revolution, the building has finally been given the makeover it deserves to bring a forgotten piece of history back into the limelight.
Just a few metres away from the Chateau de Versailles stands the room made in 1686 for Louis XIV to play Jeu de Paume – also known as "real tennis", an early version of the modern game.
