Château de Versailles

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Louis XIV, king of the sun, paid a huge sum of money to build the most magnificent palace [in France] (http://place.qyer.com/frame/) built by 30000 workers because he envied the chateaux Veau Le vicomte of Fouquet, the chancellor of the exchequer. Later, Louis XIV became a model for European imperial palaces. After the French Revolution, the history of his palace ended here. In 1830, it was transformed into a museum of French history. After the American War of independence, Britain and the United States signed the Paris peace treaty. In 1919, France, Britain and the United States signed the Versailles peace treaty with Germany, which declared the end of the first World War. The most famous one in Versailles Palace is the Galerie des glaces, with 17 huge floor to floor windows on one side and a huge mirror composed of more than 400 mirrors on the other; the war gallery is also the highlight of Versailles, in addition to the war hall, peace hall, harvest hall, Mars hall, church, theater, king and queen suite, etc. Versailles garden is called the most beautiful European palace garden. In summer, there are music fountains, weekend or festival evenings and large fireworks.

Address: Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles
Opening hours: Monday off.
+33-01-30837800