Where is the Palace of Versailles located?

Answer 1

King Louis XIV, who reigned longer than any other King in history, had big ideas. One of them was that the whole of the nobility ought to live with him in his palace, where he could keep an eye on them. As the Louvre was too small, he began a new palace at Versailles, ten miles out of Paris to the South-West. 2000 rooms, and a garden with a pond a mile long. Room for everybody, if a bit cramped. If you were a Duke you might get three rooms to live in and the supreme honour of holding the King's shirt when he got dressed. Everything the King did, he did in public. Often twice, to fit in all the spectators. Going to bed he did three times, because once the public ceremony was over, he was up and off again on, er, unofficial business. Dotted round the garden are smaller palaces for the King's lady-friends, and later Marie-Antoinette (Mrs. Louis XVI) added her own little house so she could play at being an ordinary housewife (it only had ten bedrooms and was build for Madame du Barry the mistress of Louis XV), and her own little village, LE HAMEAU (which she commissioned and designed herself), where she could play at being a milkmaid. The village is charming. The park and gardens were laid out by Le Nôtre, the greatest of all French gardeners, and Marie Antoinette and are full of statues, fountains, arcades, grottoes and temples. the fountains are turned on only a few times a year. Even in Louis XIV's time there was never enough water, so they turned on only the ones the King could see from wherever he happened to be standing. Entrance to the park is free except when the fountains are on. The Palace is a State Museum, so free to students; some rooms are simply open, others part of a guided tour. If you have to choose one or the other, take the park every time. This is from MINIGUIDE TO PARIS, which can be found on my own website at http://www.grenfell-banks.com/WEBSITE2/miniguid.htm Of course, you could just type 'versailles' into a search engine....

Answer 2

The Palace of Versailles is located in the Île-de-France region of France. It is one of France's biggest tourist attractions. The Palace of Versailles serves as an image of the monarchy that used to exist there.

Answer 3

It is located in a suburb of Paris: Versailles.

Answer 4

Versailles. translated it is pretty much "Manor House of Versailles." much like saying "pyramids of Egypt"

Answer 5

In Versailles city, where the castle is also located about 10 miles from Paris

Answer 6

Paris, France.

Answer 7

France