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Versailles

Palace of Versailles
Château de Versailles
Vue aérienne du domaine de Versailles par ToucanWings - Creative Commons By Sa 3.0 - 073.jpg
Aerial view of the Palace from above the Gardens of Versailles
Palace of Versailles is located in Île-de-France (region)
Palace of Versailles
Location within Île-de-France
General information
Location Versailles, France
Coordinates 48°48′16″N 2°07′23″E / 48.804404°N 2.123162°E / 48.804404; 2.123162Coordinates: 48°48′16″N 2°07′23″E / 48.804404°N 2.123162°E / 48.804404; 2.123162
Technical details
Floor area 67,000 m2 (721,182 ft2)
Website
Official site of the Chateau de Versailles
Official name Palace and Park of Versailles
Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, vi
Designated 1979 (3rd session)
Reference no. 83
State Party France
Region Europe

The Palace of Versailles, Château de Versailles, or simply Versailles (English /vɛərˈs/ vair-SY or /vərˈs/ vər-SY; French: [vɛʁsaj]), is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France.

When the château was built, Versailles was a small village dating from the 11th century; today, however, it is a wealthy suburb of Paris, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) southwest of the centre of the French capital (point zero at square in front of Notre Dame). Versailles was the seat of political power in the Kingdom of France from 1682, when 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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