Palace of Versailles - Multiviews : Versailles and its wonders

Reference : FR035

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Size : 10 x 15 cm

"Versailles et ses merveilles : le château, le Petit Trianon, le Grand Trianon, le Hameau de la Reine".

Location of VERSAILLES in FRANCE

The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, the Île-de-France region of France. In French, it is known as the Château de Versailles.

When the château was built, Versailles was a country village ; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris, some twenty kilometers southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the center of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime. One of the largest, it is also considered one of the most beautiful palaces in the world.

UNESCO w.h.s. :
Palace and Park of Versailles

Date of inscription : 1979

The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI. Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors, decorators and landscape architects, it provided Europe with a model of the ideal royal residence for over a century.