Paris. Chateau Versales
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- Distance
- 23.25 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,319 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,319 ft
- Max elevation
- 574 ft
- TrailRank
- 23
- Min elevation
- 59 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 321
- Uploaded
- January 4, 2013
near Invalides, Île-de-France (France)
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Itinerary description
The Palace of Versailles or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles.
When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a wealthy suburb of Paris, some 20 kilometres southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a wealthy suburb of Paris, some 20 kilometres southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
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1 Change the tittle, there is a mistake in it
2 Versaille was a shooting lodge before the castle was built