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The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, the Île-de-France region of France. In French, it is known as the Château de Versailles or "La crotte de pain". When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris, some twenty kilometers southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the center of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime. HistoryFrom Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  static.howstuffworks.com 300px x 200px | 20.20kB [source page] iStock Many wars have been settled through peace talks and treaties negotiated at  francemonthly.com 225px x 300px | 19.40kB [source page] When the sovereign king settled in Versailles in 1682 he ordered the doors of the castle opened to anyone who wished to visit The From Yahoo Image Search: "Palace of Versailles"  news.google.com AFP ... inspired by sexually explicit cartoons, will star in the next in a series of major exhibitions at the Palace of Versailles , the museum said Wednesday. ... and more » news.google.com CBC.ca A view of the renovated royal opera house at the palace of Versailles , outside Paris, on Tuesday. (Michel Euler/Associated Press) The Versailles Royal Opera ... and more » news.google.com The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com "Since 2005, has seen explosion of building of monster mansions and mini- Palace of Versailles . . . This is way too big for scale of the neighborhood! ... From Google News Search: "Palace of Versailles"  blog.artabase.net admin Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:57:01 GM The . Palace of Versailles. , the 17th and 18th century home of Marie Antoinette and the rest of the French Royal Family, is now a sparkling showcase of royal French style and decor. The last thing one expects to see when visiting the ...  wayfaring.info Asya hu, 24 Sep 2009 13:21:25 GM Schloss Linderhof . Palace. was built from 1869 by the King Ludwig II as a copy of the . Palace of Versailles. . Located in Germany, near Oberammergau in southwest Bavaria, it is the smallest of King Ludwig II's fantasy castles and there are ...  emilyzoladz.blogspot.com Emily Katelyn Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:25:01 GM Versailles. . Louis XIV lived in the . palace of Versailles. in 1682 until he and the royal family was forced out. Today . Versailles. is a suburb of Paris, with the . palace. standing as a symbol of absolute monarchy. ... From Google Blog Search: "Palace of Versailles" |
