On Saturday 4 July, the Palace of Versailles will unveil a brand-new gallery to mark the 250th anniversary of United States independence. Located in the apartment where King Louis XVI received Benjamin Franklin and where France officially recognised American sovereignty in 1778, the gallery will also highlight relations between Paris and Washington.
Versailles was also the place where, in 1783, one of the treaties helping to bring an end to the War of Independence and secure international recognition for the young American republic was signed.
