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Palace of Versailles app
The official Palace of Versailles app offers you audio tours and an interactive map of the entire Estate.
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Peter the Great
Warrior-monarch and inveterate traveller, Peter the Great crisscrossed the world for almost four decades, from the White Sea to the Caspian, from...
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Napoléon
Via the Napoleon exhibition, the ‘Versailles at Arras’ partnership highlights the history of the close link between the first emperor of the French...
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The salon de l'Abondance
The Salon de l’Abondance, the smallest of the salons in the Grand Apartments, served as an antechamber to Louis XIV’s Cabinet of Rarities. Its trompe...
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Apollo served by the nymphs
The sculptures of Apollo’s Baths are to Versailles what the Mona Lisa is to the Louvre: absolute masterpieces, constituent of the site’s identity.
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Latona fountain
Its garden, its golden lead peasants and animals, its water effects and its gorgeous marble sculpture at the top make Latona Fountain a gem at the...
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Versailles A private Invitation
The largest palace in the world holds a thousand and one unsuspected secrets, unknown even to real connoisseurs.
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Versailles and the American Revolution
lt was at Versailles that American independence was decided ... lt was at Versailles that Louis XVI declared to the representatives of the Second...
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The Mercury salon
The Mercury Salon in the King’s Grand Apartment in the Chateau of Versailles was Louis XIV’s ceremonial chamber.