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  2. Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. History of the Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Stables were given pride of place opposite the Cour d'Armes in front of the main palace, on either side of the Avenue de Paris, the main approach to Versailles from Paris. Far from being simply utilitarian, Hardouin-Mansart designed two Neoclassical buildings of equal size and grandeur, capable of housing thousands of horses and the ...

  4. File:Chateau Versailles Galerie des Glaces.jpg - Wikipedia

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  5. Grandstands and gallop tracks: Versailles Palace ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. French Pavilion of Versailles - Wikipedia

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    Paris: Calmann-Lévy. Benoît, Jérémie (2009). Le Grand Trianon: Un palais privé à l'ombre de Versailles (préf. Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel et Jean-Jacques Aillagon). Lathuile/Versailles: Éditions du Gui. ISBN 978-2-9517417-8-2. Ledoux-Lebard, Denise (1989). Versailles, le Petit Trianon : Le mobilier des inventaires de 1807, 1810 et 1839 ...

  7. The Versailles Palace celebrates its 400th anniversary and ...

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    PARIS (AP) — France is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles III's state visit at one of its most magnificent and emblematic monuments: the Palace of Versailles, which celebrates its 400th ...

  8. Labyrinth of Versailles - Wikipedia

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    The labyrinth of Versailles was a hedge maze in the Gardens of Versailles with groups of fountains and sculptures depicting Aesop's Fables. [1] André Le Nôtre initially planned a maze of unadorned paths in 1665, but in 1669, Charles Perrault advised Louis XIV to include thirty-nine fountains, each representing one of the fables of Aesop .

  9. This Classic Parterre Garden Channels the Palace of Versailles

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