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2. Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia

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   The Palace of Versailles (/ v ɛər ˈ s aɪ, v ɜːr ˈ s aɪ / vair-SY, vur-SY; [1] French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj] ⓘ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Paris, France.

3. The Royal Gate of the Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Gate of the Palace of Versailles separates the Cour d'Honneur from the Royal Court of the Palace of Versailles.It is also located between the Pavillon Dufour (on the left as you enter), built under Louis XVIII and currently used to welcome visitors to the château, and the Gabriel wing (on the right), whose construction began in 1772, but which was not completed until 1985.

4. Ministers' Wings - Wikipedia

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   The premises were returned to the Palace of Versailles in 2005 at the suggestion of National Assembly President Jean-Louis Debré. [5] The northern ministers' wing houses the lecturers' entrance and the school locker room, while the southern ministers' wing houses the princes' bookshop and the château's ticket office.

5. Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National ...

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   The Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles (French: Établissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles) is a French public establishment founded in 1995, and working under the supervision of the French Ministry of Culture, in order to administer the Palace of Versailles.

6. Grand appartement du roi - Wikipedia

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   The grand appartement du roi is the King's grand apartment of the Palace of Versailles. As a result of Louis Le Vau 's envelope of Louis XIII ’s château, constructed as part of Louis XIV 's second building campaign (1669–1672), the King and Queen had new apartments in the new addition, known at the time as the château neuf (new palace).

7. The Versailles Palace celebrates its 400th anniversary and ...

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   It comes as the Palace of Versailles just opened to the public the gallery that retraces its history, from its creation as a modest hunting lodge in 1623 to last century's key diplomatic events ...