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| Versailles was at start only a village and royal hunting place. The king Louis XIV then decided that the royal court should leave the Louvre in Paris and ordered a palace to be built there. At its peak, the city had a population of more than 50000 and was the capital of the kingdom of France, which it stayed until the French revolution. The palace evolved under Napoleon, but was then nearly abandoned before being made a national monument in the 19th century. Its extensive gardens designed by the omnipresent Le Notre and its numerous buildings scattered in a very large estate make it one of the major attractions of Ile de France. The official website of the Palace of Versailles provides complete information on the visits and special events taking place there. www.chateauversailles.fr/en/ |
Old mill in the Hameau de la Reine
Marie Antoinette\'s village
Cattle in the queen\'s hamlet
Pink tulips in a cottage garden
Sea nymph by the Bassin du Midi
The old man of the Bassin des Couronnes
The palace of Versailles at sunset
The Grandes Eaux Musicales
Spitting frog in the bassin de Latone
Bassin de Neptune in water
The Fontaine de Latone during the Grandes Eaux
Nymph with a shell
The Orangerie
Guard house
The Grand Canal of Versailles
Céres on the parterre of Latone
Tree line in the Versailles park
Entering the Grand Trianon
Gold and blue at the gates of the Grand Trianon
Horse carriage heading for the Grand Trianon
The rose
Grand Ttrianon basin in the evening
Grand Trianon basin at Midday
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