versailles
states: [france]
category: cultural
year: 1979
location: Department of Yvelines, Ile-de-France
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 48.8050000000, 2.1194444440
visited: 2004
The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI. Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors, decorators and landscape architects, it provided Europe with a model of the ideal royal residence for over a century.
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