Palace of Versailles - Images of Versailles

Images of Versailles

Views of the Palace of Versailles
Panoramic view from the park
View of Versailles from the Avenue de Paris, ca. 1662 by Pierre Patel. This was how Versailles looked before Louis XIV began enlarging the château. Garden façade of the Palace of Versailles, ca. 1675. Shown is the terrace that was later to become part of the Hall of Mirrors. Louis XIV's third building campaign resulted in the construction of the Hall of Mirrors. View of the Château de Versailles as seen from the Place d’Armes, 1722, ca. 1722, by Pierre-Denis Martin. This was how Versailles looked at the end of Louis XIV’s fourth building campaign.
Proclamation of the German Empire, 18 January 1871, 1877 by Anton von Werner. The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28 June 1919 by Sir William Orpen, KBE. Salle du Sacre with a view toward Salle des Gardes de la Reine in the Grand Appartement of the queen. The Queen's bedchamber. There is a barely discernible 'hidden door' in the corner near the jewel cabinet by Schwerdfeger (1787) through which Marie Antoinette escaped the night of 5/6 October 1789 when the Paris mob stormed Versailles.
The Hall of Mirrors.

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