which was held in Versailles’ glittering 240-foot (73-meter) long Hall of Mirrors — where, according to the palace’s website, France’s ill-fated monarchy once threw balls, weddings and ...

Laura French The Château de Versailles ... including the palace's most popular attraction, the Hall of Mirrors. The Royal Opera House was added under Louis XV, who rarely resided in the chateau ...

the “Sun King” who transformed Versailles from a 1624 hunting lodge into a grand royal residence. As a masterpiece of French classical architecture, the most famous section of the palace is ...

We visited the Palace of Versailles on a day trip from Paris in November 2023. It was a cold and rainy winter day, but that didn’t stop us from enjoying everything the palace had to offer. And even ...