Palace of Versailles: Facts & History

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Palace of Versailles: Facts & History
By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | October 4, 2017 09:42pm ET
 

The Palace of Versailles is an opulent complex and former royal residence outside of Paris. It has held sway in the public imagination for years because of its architectural grandeur and political history.

"To the public imagination, Versailles is the epitome of opulence," said Louise Boisen Schmidt, a Denmark-based writer at This Is Versailles. "It represents an age in French history of both France's rise as a fashion and power center as well as the dramatic — and bloody — decline of the monarchy."

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just the sheer size it gives one a sense of wonder.  something like a quarter mile between the front gate and stables that house thousands of horses to the building itself.