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The '''Palace of Versailles''' is the huge palace build for [[French]] King [[Louis XIV]] south of [[Paris]] located in [[Versailles]].  The palace symbolized the preeminence of French power and architecture in [[Europe]] and the triumph of royal authority over the French nobility.

The architects were Andre Le Notre, Louis Le Vau, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Charles Le Brun, Robert de Cotte, and Ange-Janques Bagriel. 



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File:Versailles Chateau.jpg|Chateau de Versailles.
File:Appolon fountain, Versailles August 2013.jpg|Appolon fountain, Versailles.
File:Chateau Versailles Galerie des Glaces.jpg|Chateau Versailles, Galerie des Glaces.
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== Sources ==

The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al., 2005. 

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