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 |