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The Palace of Versailles (/ v ɛər ˈ s aɪ, v ɜːr ˈ s aɪ / vair-SY, vur-SY; [1] French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj] ⓘ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Paris, in the Yvelines Department of Île-de-France region in France.
Map of Versailles, 1756, showing Paris Avenue to the right of the central axis and Place d'Armes. The Paris Avenue was born of the Sun King's desire to build a wide, straight, tree-lined avenue leading from the Place d'Armes, to showcase the palace of Versailles by creating a perspective view.
Four pavilions were built for the Secretaries of State in 1671. Jules Hardouin-Mansart had the Ministers' wings built on the basis of these pavilions in 1679. [1] The soberly ornamented Ministers' Wings, attached to the château, mark the end of the era of all-powerful ministers such as Fouquet, who defied the king with the construction of his château at Vaux-le-Vicomte.
Preparations are underway for the gardens of the Versailles Palace to welcome Olympic horse riders and tens of thousands of visitors when it hosts equestrian and modern pentathlon events during ...
The Royal Gate of the Palace of Versailles separates the Cour d'Honneur from the Royal Court of the Palace of Versailles.It is also located between the Pavillon Dufour (on the left as you enter), built under Louis XVIII and currently used to welcome visitors to the château, and the Gabriel wing (on the right), whose construction began in 1772, but which was not completed until 1985.
The TODAY show's Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker tour the Palace of Versailles during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
In the Garden of the Sun King: Studies on the Park of Versailles Under Louis XIV. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library. ISBN 9780884021414. Berger, Robert W. (1985b). Versailles: The Château of Louis XIV. University Park: The College Arts Association. ISBN 9780271004129. Berger, Robert W. (2008).
Though France is known for its decadent landmarks, the presidential mansion dwarfs many of the country's other iconic sites in design and power.