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Versailles on the Cassini map. The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini (Cassini III) and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini (Cassini IV) in the 1700s.
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Map of Versailles, 1756, showing Paris Avenue to the right of the central axis and Place d'Armes. The Paris Avenue was born of the Sun King's desire to build a wide, straight, tree-lined avenue leading from the Place d'Armes, to showcase the palace of Versailles by creating a perspective view.
The Paris Visite is an all-day ticket aimed at tourists with four periods of validity: one, two, three or five consecutive days. It allows unlimited travel within the chosen zones (1–3 or 1–5) on all modes of transport – except the Filéo at Charles de Gaulle Airport, tourist buses, and Le Bus Direct services.
Located in the western suburbs of the French capital, 17.1 km (10.6 mi) from the centre of Paris, Versailles is a wealthy suburb of Paris with a service-based economy and is a major tourist destination. According to the 2017 census, the population of the city is 85,862 inhabitants, down from a peak of 94,145 in 1975.
Located 10 miles outside of Paris, the Palace of Versailles was a hunting lodge that was transformed into a home for French royalty by Louis XIV in the 17th century. Kings and queens lived at ...
The 2023 Tour de France is reaching its most crucial phase and everything is set up for a showdown in the Alps between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard.Put simply, the next three days will ...
It is served by RER C line of the Paris Region's express suburban rail system, the Réseau Express Régional. In February 2012, "Château" was added to the station name to help navigate tourists to the station closest to the Palace of Versailles. The station is one of several in Versailles, but sees fewer trains than Versailles Chantiers station.