Museum of the History of France, Versailles
| Palace of Versailles | |
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| Château de Versailles | |
Aerial view in 2013 from above the Gardens of Versailles
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Location within Île-de-France
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| General information | |
| Location | Versailles, France |
| Coordinates | 48°48′16″N 2°07′23″E / 48.804404°N 2.123162°ECoordinates: 48°48′16″N 2°07′23″E / 48.804404°N 2.123162°E |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 67,000 m² (721,182 ft²) |
| Website | |
| Official site of the Château de Versailles | |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Official name | Palace and Park of Versailles |
| Criteria | Cultural: i, ii, vi |
| Reference | 83 |
| Inscription | 1979 (3rd Session) |
| Area | 1,070 ha |
| Buffer zone | 9,467 ha |
The Palace of Versailles (French: Château de Versailles), or simply Versailles (English: /vɛərˈsaɪ/ vair-SY or /vərˈsaɪ/ vər-SY; French: [vɛʁsaj]), is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. It is now open as a museum and is a very popular tourist attraction.
When the château was built, the community of Versailles was a small village dating from the 11th century. Today, however, it is a wealthy suburb of Paris, some 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of the centre of the French capital. Versailles was the seat of political power in the Kingdom of France from 1682, when King Louis XIV moved the royal court from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789, within three months after the beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
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