Versailles 

The  Chateau de Versailles

Courtyards and Castle's façades, on town side

Versailles, Architectural Masterpiece due to the King Louis XIII ,the Sun King Louis XIV, his architects Le Vau and  Jules Hardouin Mansart , gardener Le Notre, King Louis XV,his architect Gabriel and so many French artists, painters , sculptors , artisans, technicians....The construction of the Versaille castle started in 1664 and lasted for  50 years.  15,000 builders worked together at any given time to raise the most famous castle of the world...admired  and copied by  kings of many countries. Everything  was  exactness, method and balance . The political project of a reign ,the Symbol of Absolute Monarchy grandeur.

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The Sun King

            The Castle's Main Gateway    Louis XIV equestrian  Statue

 The Great Versailles Courtyard                     The Royal Chapel

           The Royal Courtyard         The Marble Courtyard     The first Castle built by Louis XIII

Details of original Louis XIII castle embellished by  Louis XIV

Other details  and the famous Versailles marble paving

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