New sponsorship agreement at the Château of Versailles

12 August 2010 - New contracts - France

Xavier Huillard, Chairman & CEO of VINCI, and Jean-Jacques Aillagon, President of the Établissement Public du Musée et du Domaine National de Versailles (EPV), signed a sponsorship agreement on 28 May. Having undertaken the restoration of the Hall of Mirrors (between 2004 and 2007) and then the construction of a temporary visitor reception centre at the Château (in 2008), within the framework of skills-based sponsorship operations, VINCI is now set to provide financial support for the restoration of the Belvedere and its Rock, a project included in the EPV’s programme of works. Worth 500,000 euros, the donation amounts to half the estimated cost of the works, with the balance to be provided by the WMF (World Monuments Fund), the leading private international organisation working to safeguard the world’s architectural and cultural heritage. The project, due to take a year to complete, will involve restoring the Belvedere’s external façades, the lead roofing of the dome, and the entire interior décor, as well as consolidating and restoring the Rock, an artificial landscape feature adjoining this little gazebo.