Versailles map locates the Hall of Mirrors, the Gardens, Grand Canal, Grand Trianon, Petit Trianon. Discover Versailles 137 rooms with Versailles Palace floor plan. Locate 32 top sights in the gardens with Versailles Gardens map. Versailles facts.
Versailles map locates the Place d'Armes, the entrance of the Palace, the Palace, named Château in French, the Gardens, named Jardins in French, the Orangerie, the Grand Canal and the Grand Trianon on Versailles map.
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The Palace of Versailles floor plan locates the 137 rooms of the Palace, incliding the Hall of Mirrors, named Galerie des Glaces in French, the Kings' apartments, the Queen's apartments, the state apartments and the royal chapel.
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You come to Paris for at least two days. Visit the Palace of Versailles, a Unesco world heritage sight and one of the most interesting sights in and around Paris. It takes half a day to visit Versailles on a tour from the city with skip the line ticket. Versailles is crowded. We recommend to come in winter and to avoid Tuesdays.
If you have a full day, combine the visit of the Palace of Versailles with the visit of Giverny, the gardens of Claude Monet, one hour from Versailles by coach.
Chateau de Versailles, in French, is a Unesco world heritage sight and one of the most visited sights in and around Paris.
The almighty King of France, known as Sun King, commissioned the Palace and the Gardens to the greatest French artists. The construction ended in 1684 with the Hall of Mirrors. The King wanted to settle at a distance from Paris rebellious inhabitants and close to hunting forests.
The Hall of Mirrors is the largest and most famous room of the Palace of Versailles. Overlooking Versailles Gardens, the 17th century Hall of Mirrors owes its name to the seventeen mirror arches facing seventeen windows overlooking the Park.
Each arch contains twenty-one mirrors for a total of 357 mirrors. The Hall of Mirrors' dimensions are 73m Ă— 10.5m Ă— 12.3m . It has beautifully painted walls and ceiling.
Versailles Gardens are a perfect example of classical French gardens where nature is ordered geometrically. Although they maintain the symmetry of Italian tradition, the Gardens have a network of axial pathways leading off to the horizon. These paths are cadenced by rond-points, pavilions, arboreal architecture, wider areas that suddenly appear ahead, stairways, terraces, ponds, and monumental fountains that expand the visual perception of space.
The Grand Canal is the masterpiece of André Le Notre, the designer of Versailles Gardens. He created a 1 670m long east-west perspective in the axis of the Palace by digging the canal. The works lasted from 1668 to 1679. In 1669, Louis XIV ordered rowing boats and ship models. In 1674, the Republic of Venice sent the King two gondolas. In the summer the King’s fleet sailed along the Grand Canal. In the winter, the Grand Canal was left to skaters. It was the setting for nautical spectacles until 1789.
Architect Jules Hardouin Mansart described Grand Trianon as "a little pink marble and porphyry palace with delightful gardens". Italian architecture greatly influenced the architecture of the Trianon, which stands between a courtyard and a garden. It consists of a ground floor covered by a flat roof. Pink marble pilasters punctuate the facades. The building has two wings joined together by a peristyle adorned with columns and tiled flooring. Most of the rooms were furnished during Napoleon's time.
Queen Marie Antoinette came to Le Petit Trianon to escape the formality of court life. In Versailles, she was under huge pressure from her family and the court. Le Petit Trianon was her place of ease where she rested from those trials. Nobody was permitted to enter without the Queen's permission. Such exclusivity alienated the court nobility, which she did very willingly, since only the queen's inner circle, including the Princess de Lamballe, and the Duchesse de Polignac, were invited.
Versailles Gardens were the stage for the Olympics equestrian events. The stands welcomed 15,000 spectators for the show jumping and dressage events, while 40,000 equestrian sports enthusiasts attended the cross-country events. The course ran along the Grand Canal and crossed it. A grandiose sequence with the château of the Sun King as a backdrop.
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