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Louis XIV did not want his court to be in Paris anymore, he wanted his palace to be a little further away so it would be more quiet and spacious. Originally it was built as a hunting lodge. Then it just grew and grew.

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13y ago

It was built by King Louis XIV as the royal palace. The structure as it is seen today was built around a lavish hunting lodge that was built by King Louis XIII.

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12y ago

It was built to be the home to the kings of France (;

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13y ago

Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris, some twenty kilometres southwest of the French capital.

Paris, France. :P

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15y ago

It was build for Louis XIV.

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