Palace of Versailles / Château de Versailles, France

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Hi Guys,

France travel blog is still in progress.  Meantime,  I have posted a few photos taken in the Palace of Versailles. We had visited the Palace on 18 June 2013.


The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles (English  /vɛərˈsaɪ/ vair-sy or /vərˈsaɪ/ vər-sy; French: [vɛʁsɑj]),   is a royal château in Versailles in the Ile-de-France region of France.  It is also know as the Château   de Versailles.

Address:  Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, France
(source:  Wikipedia)

 looooooong queue to enter the Palace and the Garden.  We visited first the Garden. We had queued again to enter the Palace.

Versailles Palace exterior.  We could smile now after over an hour or two queuing.

The Palace of Versailles and the Garden.

The Apollo Fountain at Versailles Garden

The Dragon Fountain at Versailles

triangle shaped trees at Versailles Garden

The Pyramid Fountain at Versailles Garden.  The pyramid in the center of the fountain took 3 years to build. It consists of  four lead bowls supported by lead  tritons, crayfish and dolphins,

Versailles in the Age of Enlightenment by Louis XVI  1715~1789

Marie Antoinette and her children.  King Louie XVI and Marie Antoinette died under guillotine during the French Revolution.  The fate of their then 10 year old son has been a mystery for over 2 centuries. Did he suffer as his parents or was he able to escape?  The daughter, Marie Therese had lived till  her 72nd year but she spent most of her life with bitterness, anger and exiled from France.

The Hall of Mirrors is the central gallery of the Palace.  It features 17 mirrors-clad arches that reflects the 17 arcaded windows that overlook the garden.

I would post more photos taken in the garden and in the Palace later.
Check out our Walks in Paris the following day, 19 June 2013

Europe tour June 2013

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