Versailles Palais des Congrès can host congresses, conventions, seminars, general assemblies, trade shows, gala dinners, concerts and receptions for 20 to 1,500 guests. It offers 3,200 square meters of rooms, including the 1,008-seat Richelieu auditorium, the Mazarin hall of up to 720 square meters and a set of breakout rooms. The building stands at 10 rue de la Chancellerie in Versailles, opposite the château, and is open seven days a week.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells meetings, congresses, seminars, conventions, professional trade shows, team building, webinars and TV recordings. A typical program uses the Richelieu auditorium for the plenary, the Mazarin hall for exhibition, lunch and cocktails, and the breakout rooms for workshops. The Lulli room, below ground, suits a study day for up to 220 in theater layout.
The team and its partners supply catering, technical staff for sound, video and lighting, video capture and live streaming, security, reception hosts, entertainment, transport and hotel bookings in Versailles. Clients are asked to contact the team well ahead of the date to check which rooms are free.
Weddings and receptions
The Mazarin hall lists weddings, gala dinners and dance evenings among its uses, and private events are part of the offer. With up to 500 guests seated for dinner in the combined Mazarin, Racine and Molière rooms, it can take a large wedding reception close to the château.
Rooms and capacities
The Richelieu auditorium, on the first floor, seats 250 to 1,008 people over two levels. Its stage measures 11 by 7 meters, and the first seven rows are removable to extend it. It has an LED screen, side screens, a cinema projector and a technical booth.
The Mazarin hall, on the ground floor, has 520 square meters with daylight: 270 in theater layout, 200 in classroom, 520 for a cocktail and 400 seated for dinner. Combined with the Racine and Molière rooms, it reaches 720 square meters, 750 for a cocktail and 500 for dinner. The Lulli room, 350 square meters, takes 220 in theater, 160 in classroom, 350 for a cocktail and 250 seated, without daylight. The entrance hall covers 300 square meters and the Le Nôtre gallery, upstairs, 270 square meters with daylight.
The breakout rooms include the Foyer Condé (100 square meters, 84 in theater), the Colbert room (135 square meters, 100 in theater), and the Pascal, Vauban, Boileau and Montesquieu rooms of 50 square meters each. Several look onto the château, and partitions allow them to be combined into rooms of 200 and 235 square meters.
Catering
There is no in-house restaurant; catering is provided by partner caterers, with options for lunch, dinner, cocktail dinners and buffets in several styles. The Mazarin hall and the Lulli room serve as catering areas, and a 72-square-meter bar lounge takes 60 for a cocktail.
History and setting
The building was the first congress center in France. It was designed by the architect Pierre-Édouard Lambert, a pupil of Auguste Perret, and inaugurated on February 24, 1967, by Georges Pompidou and Alain Poher. Its exposed concrete volumes sit within the 17th-century district facing the château. After more than a year of modernization, it reopened in September 2020 with a new layout.
Getting there
The RER C stops at Versailles Château Rive Gauche, five minutes on foot. Line N from Paris Montparnasse and line U from La Défense serve Versailles-Chantiers; line L from Paris Saint-Lazare serves Versailles Rive Droite. Bus 171 runs from Pont de Sèvres. By road, use the A13 or the A86, exit Versailles Château. Orly airport is about 40 minutes by taxi, Roissy Charles de Gaulle about one hour.
