S1, E18: 1680: Paris has 450 000 inhabitants. The state prison, the Bastille, is situated in the East. In the West, there’s the Louvre, which is the king’s palace. Louis XVI has other plans though… The construction of the Palace of Versailles has been in progress for 18 years, but still there were some things missing. The interior decoration and parks need a lot of time and quality. Until he will move there on May 6th in 1683, Louis XVI still lives in the Louvre. In the same year, Queen Maria Theresa of Spain dies. They were married for 23 years. Madame de Maintenon moves into the castle and succeeds in turning the Sun King into a religious fanatic: the prosecution of the Huguenots begins. When Louis XVI dies on September 1st, in 1715, the state is completely broke…