The Palace of Versailles stands as a testament to the power and wealth that the French royal family had before its demise. It was originally constructed in 1682 under the order of King Louis XIV ...

Laura French The Château de Versailles, the sprawling palace and former seat of power, is located 10 miles southwest of Paris in Versailles. Every year, nearly 10 million travelers make the trek ...

The machine was designed at the request of the French king Louis XIV—the monarch who commissioned Versailles ... to its strategic role beyond the palace through newly founded institutions ...

Louis XIV renovated and expanded the palace, eventually moving his court to Versailles. During the French Revolution, the palace was largely abandoned, and it was not until 1830 that restorations were ...

The billionaire was inspired by the French Palace of Versailles and Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, a five-star hotel in the South of France that's a favorite of celebrities. The house's ornate details ...

The Palace of Versailles. Versailles ... with treasures of the era to match – spanning the last years of the French monarchy from Louis XIV’s ascension in 1643 to the French Revolution ...

Equestrian events will take place at the Palace of Versailles, the iconic home to the court of Louis XIV. The first French site to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979, the gardens of the ...

Hong Kong will showcase roughly 100 masterpieces from the Palace of Versailles in December this ... wanted to see and why they visited the French palace, said Laurent Salome, director of the ...

Where the kings of France are concerned, a focus must always fall upon the French Revolution ... the galleries to a reproduction of a palace room of Versailles, complete with paneled walls ...