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Introduction to Versailles
The Palace of Versailles is located in the town of Versailles, the capital of Evelyn Province in the southwest suburb of Paris, France. It is one of the famous palaces in Paris and one of the five largest palaces in the world. 1979 was included in the world cultural heritage list.

The area where Versailles is located used to be a forest and swamp wasteland. 1624, French king Louis XIII bought 117 mu of wasteland for1Wan Li Foer, and built a two-story red brick building here as a hunting palace. On the second floor, there are rooms such as the king's office, bedroom, interview room, clothes hiding room and attendants room. There is a furniture storage room and an armory on the first floor.

/kloc-the palace in 0/624 had 26 rooms, but now it has 2,300 rooms, 67 stairs and 52 10 pieces of furniture. As a French palace, it continued107 (1682-1789). 1789, 10 year10.6, Louis XVI was taken to Paris by the people, and Versailles was the historical end of the palace.

Architectural characteristics of Versailles Palace

The Palace of Versailles is a classical style building, and the facade is treated in a standard classical three-stage way, that is, the facade is divided into two sections, the building is symmetrical left and right, and the outline is neat and solemn, which is called the representative of rational beauty. Its interior decoration is mainly baroque style, and a few halls are rococo style.

In front of the main palace is a unique "French" garden. The flowers and trees in the garden are ingenious and make people feel beautiful after seeing them. The gardens around the buildings are also world-famous. It has a completely different style from the classical royal gardens in China. Completely hand-carved, paying great attention to symmetry and geometry.

The palace is 580 meters long. The whole palace consists of French gardens, magnificent castles and solemn mirror halls. Baroque furnishings and decorations in palaces and castles are the treasures of the world art halls.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Palace of Versailles.