You would be in court in the Palace of Versailles, at Versailles, Louis XIV strictly imposed courtly etiquette, the corpus of tacit rules by which noble courtiers were expected to abide, passed down since the reign of Henri III.Louis XIV decided to make Versailles his primary residence, commissioning an ambitious programme of construction work with contributions from some of the most celebrated artists of the age. The royal court was formally transferred to Versailles in 1682. By that time the Palace had become a miniature city, a sparkling symbol of the absolute monarchy.