The Palace of Versailles stands as a testament to the power and wealth that the French royal family had before its demise. It was originally constructed in 1682 under the order of King Louis XIV ...

The Palace of Versailles, known as château de Versailles in French, is a paragon of Baroque architecture that once served as a royal residence and the de facto capital of France—but its ...

Laura French The Château de Versailles, the sprawling palace and former seat of power, is located 10 miles southwest of Paris in Versailles. Every year, nearly 10 million travelers make the trek ...

Louis XIV renovated and expanded the palace, eventually moving his court to Versailles. During the French Revolution, the palace was largely abandoned, and it was not until 1830 that restorations were ...

The billionaire was inspired by the French Palace of Versailles and Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, a five-star hotel in the South of France that's a favorite of celebrities. The house's ornate details ...

The machine was designed at the request of the French king Louis XIV—the monarch who commissioned Versailles ... to its strategic role beyond the palace through newly founded institutions ...

When we think of Versailles, we think of Marie ... electricity and the lightning conductor with French scientists during a diplomatic visit to the palace in 1778. But how to get the message ...

BRITISH tourists will have to cough up more money than their EU counterparts to visit the Louvre as part of a £670million ...

Hong Kong will showcase roughly 100 masterpieces from the Palace of Versailles in December this ... wanted to see and why they visited the French palace, said Laurent Salome, director of the ...