Palace of Versailles facts for kids
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Château de Versailles
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Garden facade; Hall of Mirrors; Gardens of Versailles
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General information | |
Location | Versailles, France |
Coordinates | 48°48′17″N 2°07′13″E / 48.8048°N 2.1203°E |
Technical details | |
Floor area | 67,000 m² (721,182 ft²) |
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
Official name | Palace and Park of Versailles |
Criteria | Cultural: i, ii, vi |
Inscription | 1979 (3rd Session) |
Area | 1,070 ha |
Buffer zone | 9,467 ha |
The Château de Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal castle in Versailles, France.
In English one often speaks of the Palace of Versailles. When the castle was built, Versailles was a country village, but it is now a suburb of Paris.
From 1682, when King Louis XIV moved from Paris and lived in this palace, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in 1789, the Court of Versailles was the centre of power in the Ancien Régime. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of absolute monarchy.
Related pages
- Clock Cabinet
- Fountain of Apollo
- Fountain of Latona
- Hall of Mirrors (Versailles)
- Hameau de la reine
- Hercules Room
- Latona Fountain
- Madame du Barry's apartment
- Petit Théâtre de la Reine
- Queen's apartment at Versailles
- Thompson, Ian. The Sun King's Garden: Louis XIV, André Le Nôtre And the Creation of the Gardens of Versailles. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006 (hardcover, ISBN: 1-58234-631-3).
Images for kids
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A masked ball in the Hall of Mirrors (1745) by Charles-Nicolas Cochin
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Banquet for Queen Victoria hosted by Napoleon III in the Royal Opera of Versailles, August 1855 by Eugene Lami
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Proclamation of the German Empire, 18 January 1871, 1877 by Anton von Werner
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The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28 June 1919 by William Orpen
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Plan of the main floor (c. 1837, with north to the right), showing the Hall of Mirrors in red, the Hall of Battles in green, the Royal Chapel in yellow, and the Royal Opera in blue
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The Hall of Mirrors
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Meal at the House of Simon the Pharisee by Veronese in the Salon of Hercules
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Ceiling in the Salon of Apollo, depicting the Sun Chariot of Apollo
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Bust of Louis XIV by Bernini in Salon of Diana
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The Battle of Taillebourg, by Eugène Delacroix (1837)
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Louis Philippe and his sons pose before the gates of Versailles, by Horace Vernet History Gallery, (1846)
See also
In Spanish: Palacio de Versalles para niños