The Palace of Versailles and its gardens are located 24 kilometers southwest of Paris, France. It is the largest royal palace in Europe and was included in the World Heritage List in 1979. It covers an area of ??2473 hectares. Basic introduction Chinese name: Palace of Versailles and its gardens Foreign name: Palace and Park of Versailles Approval date: 1979 Heritage type: Cultural heritage Selection criteria: C126 Country: France Continent: European overview, basic information, basic overview, related history ,Main Attractions, Overview It was originally a hunting estate for the king. A small castle was built during the reign of Louis XIII. Construction and expansion started in 1661 during the reign of Louis XIV and was completed under the reign of Louis XV. On the premise of retaining the small castle, a large-scale royal palace including a castle, palace, and gardens was built. The three radial avenues make Versailles look like the center of Paris and even France. It reflected the French concept of centralization and absolute monarchy at that time. Basic information Chinese name: Palace of Versailles and its gardens English name: Palace and Park of Versailles Approval date: 1979 Heritage type: Cultural heritage Selection criteria: C126 Country: France Continent: Europe Basic overview The palace is 400 meters long and has a divided facade. The three-section treatment is a model of classical style architecture and had a significant impact on European architecture in the 17th and 18th centuries. The main building structure was planned by Levaux, the chief architect of the Louvre, and the interior sculptures, furniture, and murals were designed and directed by Le Brun, a painter who advocated Roman art style. Mansard was responsible for the massive expansion of the Palace of Versailles, with the famous "Gallery of Mirrors" and the Grand Trianon being his most outstanding works. The Mirror Gallery is 76 meters long and 10 meters wide, and consists of 578 mirrors. Paintings, sculptures, marble, crystal, bronze, and silk ornaments are all immortal works of palace decoration, reflecting the luxury of the Louis dynasty. In 1979, UNESCO listed the Palace of Versailles and its gardens as cultural heritage on the World Heritage List. Located 24 kilometers southwest of Paris. The largest royal palace in Europe. Originally a hunting estate for the king, a small castle was built during the reign of Louis XIII. Construction and expansion began in 1661 during the reign of Louis XIV and was completed during the reign of Louis XV. On the premise of retaining the small castle, a large-scale royal palace including a castle, palace, and gardens was built. It covers an area of ??2473 hectares. The three radial avenues make Versailles look like the center of Paris and even France. It reflected the French concept of centralization and absolute monarchy at that time. The Palace of Versailles and its gardens are located in the western suburbs of Paris, the capital of France. The Palace of Versailles is located in the town of Versailles, 15 kilometers west of Paris, covering an area of ??1.11 square kilometers, including a building area of ??0.11 square kilometers and a garden area of ??1 square kilometers. Related History The Palace of Versailles was built in 1624 when King Louis XIII built a castle here. Starting from 1661, Louis XIV spent 28 years expanding it into the largest, most solemn and most beautiful royal palace in Europe. The palace building is symmetrical from east to west and from north to south. The gate of the Palace of Versailles is made of gold and black iron, and there is a statue of Louis XIV in the middle of the courtyard. In the middle of the palace are the royal palace, bedrooms, living rooms, restaurants, studios, conference rooms, entertainment rooms and corridors, and in the north are the royal church and opera house. The Mirror Gallery in the palace is 73 meters long, 10 meters wide and 13 meters high. There are 17 tall arched windows on one side and 17 large mirrors composed of 400 mirrors on the other side; on the top are 9 giant oil paintings and 18 round mirrors. Colorful paintings. The interior decoration of the palace is very distinctive, with marble inlays, sculptures, tapestries and paintings. The furniture in the hall is all carefully carved from precious wood. The Palace of Versailles was formerly the hunting castle of King Louis XIII of France. Later, his son Louis XIV spent 29 years and devoted all his manpower and material resources to transform and expand the original swamp land into a palace. Moved to work here. In order to build the palace, Louis XIV ordered people to transport a large amount of soil from various places to fill the foundation and move the forest away. The flow direction of several rivers was changed, and huge water pumps were built to pump the water from the Seine River to a height of 150 meters to build a fountain. The interior decorations of the palace are all carefully polished and carved, using famous architects, painters, sculptors, gardeners, craftsmen and tens of thousands of people from all over France to build it day and night.

The project started in 1662 and ended in 1710. In fact, it took nearly 50 years to complete the project. After the completion of the Palace of Versailles, French celebrities and nobles drank and had fun all night long. This was Louis XIV's insidious strategy to remove the base of the feudal nobles who opposed the royal family politically and economically, but at the same time it also ultimately led to The outbreak of the French Revolution brought the Bourbon dynasty to ruin. Main Attractions The garden scenic area of ??the Palace of Versailles is mainly composed of two parts: Trianon and the amusement village specially built for the queen. In the city that was gradually built around the Palace of Versailles, you can still see many historical relics from that era. Centuries later, they are still vividly telling people about their past glory. The garden of the Palace of Versailles is on the west side of the palace and is divided into three parts from south to north. The north and south parts are flower beds and the middle part is a pool. Horse racing tracks, fountains, pools, rivers, rockeries, flower beds, pavilions and pavilions together make the gardens of the Palace of Versailles a masterpiece of European classical garden art. The Palace of Versailles was originally built by Louis XIII as a hunting lodge, and construction of the palace began when Louis XIV was in power. Construction started in 1661 and was completed in 1689. The main body of the palace is 707 meters long and has more than 700 rooms. In the middle is the womb, and on the two wings are palace rooms, government offices, theaters, churches, etc. The indoor floors and walls are inlaid with marble and decorated with sculptures, oil paintings and other decorations. The Hall of Mirrors in the middle is what makes Versailles different from other palaces. It is 73 meters long, 100 meters wide and 12.3 meters high. The vault is topped by a huge oil painting by LeBlanc. On one side of the corridor are 17 floor-to-ceiling mirrors, which are inlaid with 483 lenses. They reflect the blue sky and green trees outside, creating a unique scene. There are statues of Roman emperors and ancient gods on both sides of the hall, as well as 3 rows of hanging candlesticks, 32 multi-branch candlesticks and 8 tall candlesticks that can hold 150 candles. After mirror reflection, 3000 candlesticks can be formed, which is reflected in the hall. The whole hall is magnificent. On the central axis of the Palace of Versailles and its gardens, the Ladonna Pool, are two famous pools: the Ladonna Pool and the Apollo Pool. It is said that the designer and sculptor of the pool were inspired by the mythical story "Transfiguration" and narrated beautiful myths and legends to people through sculptures. According to myths and legends, Ladonna is the mother of the sun god Apollo and the moon god Diana. Because she was cursed by the wife of Jupiter, she stopped by the pond in Lisi during her exhausted wandering journey, but the farmers not only refused to let her drink water to quench her thirst. , and also polluted the water. Ladonna turned them into frogs in a fit of rage. The statue of Ladonna, built in 1670, stands on a rock facing the palace, surrounded by six Ricinones transformed into frogs. It was redesigned between 1687 and 1689. In the pool, there is a five-story concentric arhat holding up a statue of Ladonna, who is supporting her son and daughter. The frogs turned into frogs by the people of Sinon lie at their feet. The water sprinkled on people will deform those who blaspheme. Some turned into beasts, and some turned into insects. The Versailles Palace Garden is almost the largest palace garden in the world, and its luxury is almost comparable to that of Versailles. Designed by Le N?tre. The garden covers an area of ??6.7 hectares and has a longitudinal axis of 3 kilometers. The roads, trees, pools, pavilions, flowerbeds, fountains, etc. in the garden are all in geometric shapes, with unified main axes, secondary axes, and opposite views. The structures are neat and uniform, showing strong traces of artificial construction and also reflecting the influence of Louis X Four pursuits and norms of monarchical power and order. The roads in the garden are spacious, lined with green trees, and the lawns and trees are neatly trimmed; fountains can be seen everywhere, and sculptures abound, most of which are descriptions of beautiful myths or legends. The length and width of the large and small canals are respectively 1650 meters and 62 meters, and 1070 meters and 80 meters respectively. They are crisscrossing large and small canals, which add a bit of natural atmosphere to the Royal Garden with more cultural colors and less natural atmosphere. The gardens of the Palace of Versailles are an outstanding representative of French classical gardens.