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Versailles, Main Gate
Versailles, Main Gate detail-Imperial Crown and France's Fleur de Lis arms.
Versailles- guilded gate in front of the royal courtyard
Versailles, Courtyard of Honor
Versailles, Palace Wing and Chapel
"A Toutes Les Gloires de la France"-To all the Glories of France
Versailles, "To all the Glories if France"
Versailles, Chapel detial
Versailles, Guilded Gate to the Royal Courtyard
Versailles-Ministers' Southern Wing
Versailles-A female soldier provides deterrent security
Versailles-Entering the palace
The French Royal crown and Fluer de Lis motif top the gilded fence in front of the Royal courtyard
Versailles
Georgia in front of the Royal Courtyard
Detail-The guilded fence. Center bottom-The Sun King motif. Louis XIV's chose the sun as his emblem
Versailles-Tom in front of the marble court and King's suite
Versailles-The marble court and king's suite
Detail-The king's suite. Note the Sun King Motif in the center of the clock.
Versailles Chapel-The lower level for minor nobility
Versailles Chapel-The upper level for the Royal family
Versailles Chapel-Guilded altar
King Louis Philippe (on white horse).
Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 as the leader of the Orléanist party. His father Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans had supported the Revolution of 1789 but was nevertheless guillotined during the Reign of Terror. Louis Philippe fled France and spent 21 years in exile. He was proclaimed king in 1830 after Charles X, of the senior Bourbon line, was forced to abdicate. His reign, known as the July Monarchy, was dominated by wealthy elite and numerous former Napoleonic officials. He followed conservative policies especially under the influence of François Guizot in 1840–48. He promoted friendship with Britain and sponsored colonial expansion, notably the conquest of Algeria. His popularity faded and he was forced to abdicate in 1848; he lived out his life in exile in Great Britain.
Versailles-Marble Gallery
Loius XIV
Palace of Versailles
Palace of Versailles
King Louis XIV, The Sun King
Versailles-Ornate ceiling
Palace of Versailles
Georgia outside Versailles' Hall of Mirrors
Versailles' Hall of Mirrors
The Hall of Mirrors is the central gallery of the Palace of Versailles. As the principal and most remarkable feature of King Louis XIV of France's third building campaign of the Palace of Versailles (1678–1684), construction of the Hall of Mirrors began in 1678.
Versailles' Hall of Mirrors
The principal feature of this hall is the seventeen mirror-clad arches that reflect the seventeen arcaded windows that overlook the gardens. Each arch contains twenty-one mirrors with a total complement of 357 used in the decoration of the galerie des glaces.[7] The arches themselves are fixed between marble pilasters whose capitals depict the symbols of France.[citation needed] These gilded bronze capitals include the fleur-de-lys and the Gallic cockerel or rooster.
Versailles-The Coronation of Napoleon
The Coronation of Napoleon is a painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon. The painting has imposing dimensions, as it is almost 10 metres (33 ft) wide by a little over 6 metres (20 ft) tall. The crowning and the coronation took place at Notre-Dame de Paris.
Palace of Versailles-Battle Gallery
Palace of Versailles-Battle Gallery-Napoleon I
Palace of Versailles-Battle Gallery
The biggest section in the History Galleries of Versailles is the Battles Gallery. It occupies nearly all the two upper floors of the South Wing of the Palace up to the roof. Designed and laid out beginning in 1833, it was solemnly opened on 10 June 1837 and was regarded as the highlight of the visit to the museum.
Palace of Versailles-Battle Gallery
Louis-Philippe brought together here thirty-three paintings depicting the main battles that France had fought, from the Battle of Tolbiac in 496 to the Battle of Wagram in 1809. All the dynasties that had reigned over France are represented – Merovingians, Carolingians, Capetians, Valois and Bourbons – along with the regimes of the Revolution and Napoleon I. Its message was simple: France had grown as a nation through combats against its internal and external enemies; it was henceforth glorious, serene and ready to enter a new era founded on peace and prosperity.
Palace of Versailles-Battle Gallery-Siege of Yorktown, 17th October 1781
This painting, executed in 1836 by Louis Charles Auguste Couder, shows France's Marquis de Lafayette (pointing with red sash) and other French officers advising General George Washington at the decisive victory over the British at the Battle of Yorktown. The inclusion of this painting in the Battle Gallery was clearly meant to emphasize France's key role in the achievement of American independence.
Palace of Versailles-Sun King Motif
The Gardens of Versailles
The Gardens of Versailles-C Curve Glass and Steel Sculpture by Indian-British artist Anish Kapoor
Versailles-Sky Mirror Sculpture in Stainless Steel by British-Indian Sculptor Anish Kapoor
Sky Mirror is a public sculpture by artist . Anish Kapoor.Sky Mirror is a six-metre-wide concave dish of polished stainless steel weighing ten tonnes and angled up towards the sky. Its surface reflects the ever-changing environment. Along with other works by Kapoor, it is on display in the Gardens of Versailles until 11/1/15.
Versailles-Stainless Steel Reflecting Sculpture by Anish Kapoor
Versailles-Water Parterre and Kapoor's Sky Mirror
Versailles Palace viewed from behind the Water Parterre
The Gardens of Versailles
The Gardens of Versailles-Latona Fountain and Parterre
The Latona fountain was the result of the desire of Louis XIV. He wanted in the centre of his Garden a fountain telling the story of the childhood of Apollo, the sun god that he had chosen for his emblem. To create this fountain, Louis XIV had a pond dug for Louis XIII transformed by progressively installing water features and sculptures produced by the Marsy brothers. The Latona fountain went through several stages before it acquired its present form. In 1667, it was the Frogs fountain. From 1668 to 1670, the first Latona fountain appeared; Latona was then on the same level as the other figures and facing the Palace. From 1687 to 1689, Jules Hardouin-Mansart created the present fountain by turning Latona around and placing her on the top of a marble pyramid.
Tom in the Gardens of Versailles
The Gardens of Versailles-The Grand Canal stretches to the horizon
The Palace of Versailles
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We took the Metro to the Gare Austerlitz station and caught an RER train to Versailles, a smooth 40 minute ride from Paris. As expected, the Versailles Palace complex was vast, ornate, impressive and packed with tourists. Inside the main palace we made our way from room to room with a helpful audio guide that was included in the price of admission. After escaping the throngs inside the palace, we walked the very extensive and meticulously maintained gardens, stopping for lunch at the Venice Gardens, on the palace grounds. Our last stop was at a group of buildings called "The Hamlet", a collection of Norman country style buildings that Marie Antoinette loved, as they were an escape from the intrigues of the main palace.
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