Our first view of the palace |
Statue of King Louis not sure which one--there are so many:) |
Map of the Castle and grounds--it is huge |
The front gates |
Key to the Palace doors |
The rooms were so decorated, floors, walls and ceilings at times it was hard to know where to look. In one room I counted at least 5 different color marbles on a single wall! |
Nearly every ceiling was covered in beautiful art work |
The Palace was very crowded |
Famous room of mirrors There are 17 large mirrors that match the 17 windows directly across with views out to the gorgeous gardens |
View of the gardens from the windows |
Another fancy bedroom |
Conservation being done on one of the wall paintings |
A copy of the famous painting of the coronation of Empress Josephine. We saw the original one at the Louvre. |
The gardens are enormous. My daughter loved that there were Greek and Roman statues everywhere and she loved telling us all about them |
There were lots of fountains but none were running this day |
Next we went to tour Marie-Antoinette's Chateaux I don't know much of this part of history but her house was sparse compared to the Kings residence |
Her china set |
Billard room |
As you can see not any marble and fewer art works |
Her parlor |
Her bed in the corner of this room was a hidden door where Marie Antoinette escape briefly during the revolution |
The back of the Palace |
Ahhh Mom! I wanna ride in the boat! A little rain won't hurt us! :-) Actually, riding the golf cart looks like it was pretty fun anyway. I cannot believe that castle! Over the top, indeed! Except, you couldn't pay me to live there if I had to let people watch me eat, go to sleep, and wake up.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome palace. We visited Herrinchemsee which was one of King Ludwig's palaces in Germany. He modeled it after Versaille. Actually the pictures look similar.
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This looks amazing. I've never been to Versaille and seem to have missed an amazing palace.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful....think I'll stick to plain living. Less to clean :)
ReplyDeleteOh I loved the pictures on this one. It is so amazing how they were able to do the art work on the ceilings; let alone the stone, marble and wood work. You took some amazing pictures. It looked like another of your very fun and informative adventures. I am always looking forward to the next ones. I am so glad you share these because I learn a lot. Sometimes, I even go in and try to learn a little more.
ReplyDeleteBlessings and hugs to all!
The pictures ( and commentary!) are absolutely priceless!! My hubby and I also took that train from Paris to V and this post, therefore, brought back so many memories!
ReplyDeleteI loved the quiet and peace of V, as well as the intense history.
Thanks too, for linking your post to the Memoir Monday hop!
Have a lovely day!