Palace of Versailles

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The Palace of Versailles is a French castle and historical monument located in Versailles, in the Yvelines. He was the principal residence of the kings of France Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI. The king, court and government permanently resided there from May 6, 1682 to October 6, 1789, with the exception of the years of the Regency from 1715 to 1723.

Voulu by Louis XIV to glorify the French monarchy, the castle is the most important monument of its reign and one of the masterpieces of classical architecture. He exercised great influence in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries in the field of architecture and decorative arts. The castle consists of a complex set of courtyards and buildings preserving architectural harmony.

It covers 63,154 m2, divided into 2,300 rooms, of which 1,000 are allocated to the National Museum of the Palaces of Versailles and Trianon. The Parc du Château de Versailles covers 815 ha, compared with more than 8,000 ha before the French Revolution, including 93 ha of gardens. It includes many elements, including the Petit and the Grand Trianon (which was the residence of Napoleon I, Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis-Philippe I, and Napoleon...