 Equestrian statue of King Louis XIV, Place d'Armes, Versailles |
 Le Grand Trianon, a royal retreat built in 1687 for Louis XIV away from the main Palace of Versailles |
 The Empress' Bedroom furnished as it would have appeared for Marie-Louise, Napoléon's second wife, Grand Trianon |
 The Music Room, converted into a billiard room by King Louis-Philippe |
 Family Room of King Louis-Philippe, Grand Trianon Palace |
 Malachite Room, Grand Trianon Palace |
 Crystal chandelier in the Malachite Room, Grand Trianon Palace |
 Cherub candelabra in the Malachite Room, Grand Trianon Palace |
 Philippe de France Duc d'Orléans - Regent 1715-1723 to King Louis XV, who was a child of just 5 when he took the throne |
 Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674-1723), nephew of King Louis XIV |
 1711 book "Recueil des Plans Généraux des Jardins de Versailles" |
 Bust of Tsar Peter the Great, Grand Trianon Palace |
 Temple de l'Amour, 1777-1778, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
 Temple de l'Amour - the Love Monument, Versailles |
 Cupid fashioning his bow from Hercules’ club, 1778 copy of Edme Bouchardon's 1750 original |
 Temple of Cupid, Versailles |
 Temple de l'Amour, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
 Temple de l'Amour, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
 Marlborough Tower, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
 Temple de l'Amour, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
 Le Moulin-The Mill, Queen's Hamlet, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
 Marlborough Tower, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
 Le Colombier-Dovecote, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
 Gardener's House, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
 Educational Farm, Queen's Hamlet, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
 Educational Farm, Queen's Hamlet, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
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 Château du Petit Trianon, neoclassical palace ordered by Louis XV in 1758 |
 Portrait of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), Queen of France guillotined during the French Revolution |
 Château du Petit Trianon, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
 Château du Petit Trianon, Domaine de Marie Antoinette, Versailles |
 Fountain in the garden of the Petit Trianon, Versailles |
 Chapel, Petit Trianon, Versailles |
 French Pavilion at the center of the French Garden, Petit Trianon Palace, Versailles |
 Tree in the Gardens at Versailles |
 Grand Canal de Versailles |
 It's great that cycling is allowed in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, they're huge! |
 Restaurant La Petite Venise at the Palace end of the Grand Canal of Versailles |
 Max at the Apollo Fountain, Gardens of Versailles |
 Le char d’Apollon - Apollo Fountain, Versailles |
 Le char d’Apollon - Apollo Fountain, Versailles |
 Le char d’Apollon - Apollo Fountain, Versailles |
 Detail of Le char d’Apollon - Apollo Fountain, Versailles |
 Le char d’Apollon - Apollo Fountain, Versailles |
 Venus, Palace Gardens, Versailles |
 Apollo, Palace Gardens, Versailles |
 Bacchus, Palace Gardens, Versailles |
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 Hercules and Telephos, Palace Gardens, Versailles |
 Perseus and Andromeda, Pierre Puget, Palace Gardens, Versailles |
 Aria and Paetus, 1688, Lespignola, Palace Gardens, Versailles |
 Pan, Palace Gardens, Versailles |
 Ganymede, Palace Gardens, Versailles |
 Ganymede, 1685 sculpture by Laviron, Palace Gardens, Versailles |
 Enceladus Fountain, 1675-77, Palace Gardens, Versailles |
 Enceladus Fountain, 1675-77, Palace Gardens, Versailles |
 Bassin de Latone - Latona’s Fountain, inspired by the Metamorphoses of Ovid |
 Bassin de Latone - Latona’s Fountain, Palace Gardens, Versailles |
 Jupiter avenged Latona, mother of Apollo, by turning the peasants of Lycia into frogs and lizards |
 Garden-facing west front of the Palace of Versailles |
 Le Rhône, 1685-1688, Jean-Baptiste Tuby |
 Parterre d'Eau, Palace of Versailles |
 Garden front, Palace of Versailles |
 Windows of the Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles |
 Cour Royale with the north wing of the Palace of Versailles |
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 Entrance to visit the interior of the Palace of Versailles |
 North Wing, Palace of Versailles |
 Detail of the top level of part of the north wing, Palace of Versailles |
 A pair of sculptures on the top level of the north wing, Palace of Versailles |
 Cour de marbre - Marble Court, Palace of Versailles |
 Built for Louis XIV starting in 1661 and enlarged throughout his reign, Palace of Versailles contains 2300 rooms |
 Sculpture lined hallway in the North Wing off the Cour Royale |
 Sculpture lined hallway in the North Wing off the Cour Royale |
 Chambre de Madame Adélaïde, Palace of Versailles |
 Marie Adélaïde de France (1732-1800), daughter of King Louis XIV |
 Portrait of Louis XV (1710-1774) |
 Cabinet inérieur de Madame Adélaïde |
 Le Grand Cabinet de Madame Adélaïde, Palace of Versailles |
 Salle des Hoquetons, Palace of Versailles |
 Ganymède, 1683, Jean Joly |
 There are multiple entrances for tours of various parts of the interior of the Palace of Versailles |
 Staircase leading up to the Grand Royal Apartments |
 Salon d'Hercule, first chamber of the King's Grand Apartment |
 L’Apothéose d’Hercule, 1733-36, François Lemoyne, ceiling of the Salon d'Hercule, first chamber of the King's Grand Apartment |
 Chapelle Royale, 1689-1710, Palace of Versailles |
 Hallway between the Royal Chapel and the Royal Opera, Versailles |
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 Louis XIV, Salon de Vénus |
 Ceiling of the Salon de Vénus, Grand Appartement du Roi |
 Ceiling of the Salon of Vénus, Auguste présidant aux Jeux du cirque, Palace of Versailles |
 Salon of Diana, Grand Appartement du Roi, Versailles |
 Salon of Diana, Versailles |
 Salon of Diana, Versailles |
 View of the Parterre du Nord from the King's Apartments, Versailles |
 Salon of Mars, Grand Apartment of the King, Palace of Versailles |
 Chariot of Mars pulled by wolves, ceiling of the Salon de Mars, Claude Audran,Grand Apartment of the King, Palace of Versailles |
 Victory supported by Hercules and followed by Abundance and Felicity, Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet-Salon de Mars, Palace of Versailles |
 Statuettes in the Salon de Mars, Palace of Versailles |
 Salon of Mercury, the Royal Bedchamber of the King's State Apartment |
 King Louis XV in Coronation Robes, 1730, by Huacinthe Rigaud, Salon of Mercury, State Apartments, Versailles |
 Apollo on his Chariot surrounded by Allegorical Figures, ceiling of the Salon of Apollo, State Apartments, Versailles |
 Famous portrait of King Louis XIV by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1702, Salon of Apollo |
 King Louis XVI, Salon d'Apollon, State Apartments, Versailles |
 Stucco bas-relief of King Louis XIV on horseback trampling his enemies, The War Room, 1678-1686, Palace of Versailles |
 France Surrounded by her Victories over Germany, Spain and Holland, ceiling of the War Room, Palace of Versailles |
 The War Room opening onto the famous Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles |
 Hall of Mirrors 73m long, Palace of Versailles |
 Bacchus, Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles |
 Ceiling of the Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles |
 The Hall of Mirrors is lined with paintings depicti the history of Louis XIV's reign - Holland 1672 |
 Ceiling of the Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles |
 Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versaille |
 Sculptured Guéridons of the Hall of Mirrors |
 Sculptured Guéridons of the Hall of Mirrors |
 Diana of Versailles, Hall of Mirrors |
 Monogram of King Louis XIV, Palace of Versailles |
 Private Bedchamber of King Louis XIV |
 Equestrian portrait of a young King Louis XIV |
 View of the Marble Court from the King's Private Bedchamber |
 Ambassadors' Staircase, Palace of Versailles |
 Monogram of Louis XIV supported by cherubs |
 La Garde National de Paris Part Pour l'Armée, September 1792 |
 Lieutenant Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte in 1792, Emperor Napoléon I in 1804 |
 Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) |
 Statue of Louis XV, Palace of Versailles |
 Statue of Napoléon I, Palace of Versailles |
 Palace of Versailles, Garden Façade |
 Orangeries, Palace of Versailles |
 South wing of the Palace of Versailles, Parterre du Midi |
 Sitting on the edge of the wall overlooking the Orangeries, Palace of Versailles |
 Orangeries, Palace of Versailles |