Palace of Versailles | |
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Château de Versailles | |
Garden facade; Hall of Mirrors; Gardens of Versailles | |
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General information | |
Location | Versailles, France |
Coordinates | 48°48′17″N 2°07′13″E / 48.8048°N 2.1203°E |
Height | 132 m |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 6 |
Floor area | 67,000 m² (721,182 ft²) |
Official name | Palace and Park of Versailles |
Criteria | Cultural: i, ii, vi |
Reference | 83 |
Inscription | 1979 (3rd Session) |
Area | 1,070 ha |
Buffer zone | 9,467 ha |
The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal castle in Versailles, France.
In French, it is often called the Château de Versailles. When the castle was built, Versailles was a country village, but it is now a suburb of Paris.
From 1682, when King Louis XIV moved from Paris and lived in this palace, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in 1789, the Court of Versailles was the centre of power in the Ancien Régime. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of absolute monarchy.