built by King Louis XIV, the Sun King. When we arrived, the tour guides were on strike so we waited for an hour to be let into the palace. Funny Story, the gate in this first picture was originally made out of solid gold, but misteriously vanished during the revolution. Nepolian eventually refurbished Versailles when he was Emporor (the revolutionaries completely ransacked the place!)The second picture is the Chapel inside Versailles, this first floor is where the commoners stood, and the second level is where King Louis XIV stood.
The third picture is just to show how gorgeous all the cealings were! All of them were this way, with cherubs and scenes from greek and roman mythology with king Louis some how worked into the picture.
The next pictue is of his bed room. Where his subjects would fight and wait in lines to go in and put his socks on him.
Next is the hall of Mirrors! It was so beautiful and ornate! There were a wall of mirrors for each window along the hall way.
Next is the Queen's room. All together there were 16 princes born in this room! (or something like that) This is also where Marie Antinette (Louis XVI's wife) escaped to the guard room where she was eventually found and brought to the Bastille.
Then we went out into the gaurdens and took a few pictures, we were again low on time because of the strike and did not get to see much of the gaurdens, but we were there to see the fountains turn on! it was really neat!! Versailles was amazing but still... just a house ;-)
ha -Paris! I'm still reeling from the journey
Jen
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