Versailles

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	Paris Sep17 0306.jpg	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	Paris Sep17 0336.jpg
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	Paris Sep17 0355.jpg	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	Paris Sep17 0382.jpg
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