Palace of Versailles | Wikipedia audio article
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Palace of Versailles


00:01:13 1 History
00:01:21 1.1 The hunting lodge and château of Louis XIII
00:03:00 1.2 The palace of Louis XIV
00:06:02 1.3 Enlargement of the Palace (1678-1715)
00:07:46 1.4 The Palace of Louis XV
00:09:44 1.5 Louis XVI, and the Palace during the Revolution
00:12:25 1.6 19th century - history museum and government venue
00:15:46 1.7 20th century
00:19:02 1.8 21st century
00:19:41 2 Ownership and management
00:20:13 3 Architecture and plan
00:23:08 4 Royal Apartments
00:25:12 4.1 The State Apartments of the King
00:25:49 4.1.1 The Salon of Hercules
00:26:21 4.1.2 The Salon of Abundance
00:26:50 4.1.3 The Salon of Venus
00:27:25 4.1.4 The Salon of Mercury
00:28:14 4.1.5 The Salon of Mars
00:28:46 4.1.6 The Salon of Apollo
00:29:22 4.1.7 The Salon of Diana
00:29:52 4.2 Private apartments of the King and Queen
00:30:02 4.2.1 Private apartments of the King
00:31:48 4.2.2 Private apartments of The Queen
00:32:28 5 The Grand Gallery
00:32:51 5.1 The War Salon
00:33:24 5.2 The Hall of Mirrors
00:35:16 5.3 The Peace Salon
00:35:49 6 Royal Chapel
00:37:07 7 Royal Opera
00:38:42 8 Museum of the History of France
00:40:52 9 Gardens and fountains
00:41:24 9.1 The Parterre d'Eau and the Parterre and Fountain of Latona
00:42:19 9.2 Fountain of the Chariot of Apollo and the Grand Canal
00:43:06 9.3 North Parterre, Dragon Basin, and Basin of Neptune
00:44:06 9.4 South Parterre and the Orangerie
00:44:38 9.5 The Fountains and the Shortage of Water
00:45:42 10 The iBosquets/i or Groves
00:47:04 11 The Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon
00:49:05 12 The Hamlet of Marie Antoinette
00:49:59 13 Modern Political and ceremonial functions
00:51:34 14 Cost
00:57:59 15 In popular culture
00:59:35 16 Gallery
00:59:44 17 See also



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The Palace of Versailles (French: Château de Versailles; English:  vair-SY, vur-; French: [vɛʁsaj]) was the principal royal residence of France from 1682 under Louis XIV until the start of the French Revolution in 1789 under Louis XVI. It is located in the department of Yvelines, in the region of Île-de-France, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southwest of the centre of Paris.The palace is now a Monument historique and UNESCO World Heritage site, notable especially for the ceremonial Hall of Mirrors, the jewel-like Royal Opera, and the royal apartments; for the more intimate royal residences, the Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon located within the park; the small rustic Hameau (Hamlet) created for Marie Antoinette; and the vast Gardens of Versailles with fountains, canals, and geometric flower beds and groves, laid out by André le Nôtre. The Palace was stripped of all its furnishings after the French Revolution, but many pieces have been returned and many of the palace rooms have been restored.
In 2017 the Palace of Versailles received 7,700,000 visitors, making it the second-most visited monument in the Île-de-France region, just behind the Louvre and ahead of the Eiffel Tower.