2015-09-03-Versailles, FR-The Palace of Versailles
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  2. 2015-09-03-Versailles, FR-The Palace of Versailles2015-09-03-Versailles, FR-The Palace of Versailles
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.

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

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


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