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Palace at Versailles
France


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Louis XIV, the "Sun King"

 

 

17th century Baroque style

Pedimented dormers

Concave Mansard roof with bellflower wreaths

Neoclassical pavilion

The first Castle, Renaissance style, built by Louis XIII, but embellished by Louis XIV

Gilded wrought iron balcony

17th century Baroque style copper ridge crest features bellflower swags and scrolls

Versailles Park, by André LeNotre, among the world's greatest works of art

Versailles Park

Versailles Park

Versailles Park

Versailles Park

Versailles Park

Versailles Park

Versailles Park

Baroque style Fountain of Apollo, the Roman sun god

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