Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles ( château de Versailles ) is a castle and historical monument located in Versailles in Yvelines, France. It was the main residence of the kings of France Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. The king, the court, and the government resided there permanently from May 6, 1682, to October 6, 1789, with the exception of the years of the Regency from 1715 to 1723.
Wanted by Louis XIV, in order to glorify the French monarchy, the castle is the most important monument of his reign and one of the masterpieces of classical architecture. He exerted a great influence in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries in the field of architecture and decorative arts. The castle is made up of a complex set of courtyards and main buildings preserving architectural harmony. It extends over 63,154 m2, divided into 2,300 rooms, 1,000 of which are allocated to the National Museum of the Palaces of Versailles and Trianon.
The park of the Palace of Versailles extends over 815 ha, against more than 8,000 ha before the French Revolution, including 93 ha of gardens. It includes many elements, including the Petit and Grand Trianon (which was the residence of Napoleon I, Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis-Philippe I, and Napoleon III ), the Queen's hamlet, the Grand, and the Little Canal, a menagerie (now destroyed), an orangery and the Swiss pond.

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