The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, the Île-de-France region of France. In French, it is known as the Château de Versailles.
When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris, some twenty kilometers southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
Words can’t explain the art that exists on the walls of the Versailles Palace but it is no wonder why the people of France started a revolution over such a place.
The Hall of mirrors and reason alone I am glad I brought my Tilt shift with me.
I think this took David something like 5 years to paint. Pictures can’t do justice to this wall it is only something that can be experienced.
by Daniel Lanton
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