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The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Versailles, Yvelines to the west of Paris, France, standing on Avenue de Paris. History [ edit ]
As the city prepares to host first the Rugby World Cup this September, then the Olympic Games in 2024, new hotels, museums and restaurants are popping up in abundance.
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. Before the avenue was built, there were only two ways to get from the village of Versailles to Paris, one of them winding to the north and the other ...
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, in the Yvelines Department of Île-de-France region in France.
The city of Versailles has an area of 26.18 km 2 (10.11 sq mi; 6,470 acres), which is a quarter of the area of the city of Paris. In 1989, Versailles had a population density of 3,344/km 2 (8,660/sq mi), whereas Paris had a density of 20,696/km 2 (53,600/sq mi).
Set within the palace grounds of Versailles (admittedly not quite within Paris city limits, but we had to), Le Grand Contrôle was built in 1681 by the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart—a ...
La Tour d'Argent – historic restaurant in Paris that has a rating of one star from the Guide Michelin. [ 10 ] Lapérouse – established in 1766, [ 11 ] the restaurant was awarded the prestigious 3 Michelin stars between 1933 and 1968, although it was briefly 2 stars from 1949 to 1951.
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.