{"id":13448,"date":"2026-04-16T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=13448"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:10:01","slug":"newsletter-versailles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-versailles\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: Versailles"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"max-width: 600px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;background-color: #ffffff;border-radius: 0px;overflow: hidden\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"width: 100%\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"email-template-preview\" style=\"font-family: 'Inter', 'Roboto', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Arial Nova', 'Nimbus Sans', Arial, sans-serif;color: #333333\">\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;border-radius: 0px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h1 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 2rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.7em 0\">Versailles<\/h1>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">This week, we&#8217;re celebrating the <strong>International Day For Monuments and Sites (April 18)<\/strong> with a special focus on one of France&#8217;s most visited sites: <strong><em>Le Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u26f2\ud83e\ude9e<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever wondered why the French call this grandiose palace <em>le <strong>Ch\u00e2teau<\/strong> de Versailles<\/em>\u00a0?\u00a0\ud83e\udd14 Well, we French people do not differentiate between &#8220;castles&#8221; and &#8220;palaces&#8221; the same way the English language does. A <em>ch\u00e2teau<\/em> in French was above all the place of residence of powerful noblemen, lords and kings. In the Middle Ages, these were defensive fortified places (castles), but as history progressed, they lost their military function to become luxurious places of residence (palaces), usually located in the countryside. As for the French word <em>palais<\/em>, it&#8217;s used to refer to very large urban residences, such as <em>Le Palais du Louvre<\/em> for example. Now you know!\u00a0\ud83c\udff0\u263a\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><em>Alors, sans plus attendre<\/em>, open the gates of the Palace of Versailles and discover all the majestic French Kwiziq content we&#8217;ve selected for you!\u00a0\ud83d\udc51\ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container email-block-editor__section\" style=\"background-color: #e6f4fb;text-align: left;padding: 28px 18px 28px 18px;border-radius: 8px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 1.5rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.375em 0\">Qui est-ce ? &#8211; Episode 6\u00a0\ud83d\udc51<\/h2>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__subtitle\" style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin: 0 0 16px 0;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">The Guessing Game Podcast<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;object-fit: cover;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/03\/qui-est-ce-ep-6-louis-xiv-pic-280.jpg\" alt=\"mysterious silhouette with detectives avatars of Aurelie and Celine\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">For many of us, Versailles is synonymous with French kings and queens, courtesans and nobility&#8230; So, in this week&#8217;s episode of our <em>&#8220;Qui est-ce ?&#8221;<\/em> podcast series, Kwiziq&#8217;s super detectives C\u00e9line and I will give you clues <em>(en fran\u00e7ais bien s\u00fbr !)<\/em> to guess <strong>a very special French monarch<\/strong>.\u00a0\ud83d\udc51\ud83e\uddd0<\/p>\n<p>So put on your thinking cap and enjoy all the extra practise content related to the podcast, like our special Fill-in-the-Blank exercise AND grammar Notebook! \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"color: #0081cc;text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/blog\/qui-est-ce-episode-6\/\">Qui est-ce ? &#8211; Episode 6 \ud83d\udc51<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><span style=\"font-family: Merriweather,Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">And to help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons, an exclusive Fill-in-the-Blank exercise and interesting links to other exercises to investigate further!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">\ud83c\udfa7 Want to listen to more of our podcasts? Check out <strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/blog\/tag\/kwiziq-french-podcasts\/\">all our episodes!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container email-block-editor__section\" style=\"background-color: #e6f4fb;text-align: left;padding: 28px 16px 28px 16px;border-radius: 8px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 1.5rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.7em 0\">Let&#8217;s fill in some blanks!<\/h2>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"color: #6b7280;font-weight: 600;text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">Le Pr\u00e9sent &#8211; A1 Level<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;object-fit: cover;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/04\/para-chateau-de-versailles-280.jpg\" alt=\"garden view of the Palace of Versailles\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">Now, let&#8217;s get (re)acquainted with the majestic site that is the <strong>Palace of Versailles<\/strong> with the Fill-in-the-Blank exercise below, testing your conjugations in <a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/revision\/glossary\/conjugation-tense-mood-aspect\/french-present-tense-le-present-indicatif\"> the French present tense<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"color: #0081cc;text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/tests\/overview\/15329744\">Le Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles (Le Pr\u00e9sent)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container email-block-editor__section\" style=\"background-color: #e6f4fb;text-align: left;padding: 28px 16px 28px 16px;border-radius: 8px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 1.5rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.7em 0\"><em>Le Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles en 3 lieux incontournables<\/em><\/h2>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"color: #6b7280;font-weight: 600;text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">Reading and Listening practice &#8211; B2 Level<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;object-fit: cover;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/04\/reader-versailles-chateau-intro.jpg\" alt=\"palace of Versailles, cour de Marbre\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">Finally, let&#8217;s venture inside the impressive palace, with a tour of <strong>3 of Versailles&#8217;s most iconic areas<\/strong>: the Hall of Mirrors, the Gardens and the Estate of Trianon. Travel in time to the court of Louis XIV with the bilingual article below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"color: #0081cc;text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/learn\/reading\/le-chateau-de-versailles-en-3-lieux-incontournables\">Le Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles en 3 lieux incontournables<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container email-block-editor__section\" style=\"background-color: #fff5eb;text-align: left;padding: 28px 16px 28px 16px;border-radius: 8px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 1.5rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.7em 0\">Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!<\/h2>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"color: #6b7280;font-weight: 600;text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">Special treat for Premium subscribers<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;object-fit: cover;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2024\/04\/email-ww-fr-3.png\" alt=\"weekend workout\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><strong>Friday is Weekend Workout day<\/strong> \u2013 a special treat just for our <strong>Premium subscribers<\/strong>, with fresh <strong>dictations and writing challenges<\/strong> to boost your <strong>listening and writing skills<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">This week&#8217;s theme is <strong>Versailles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> We send dictations and writing challenges by email, which you can opt into or out of. 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