Prairie dog
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Look Inside the French Palace of Versailles
https://www.farandwide.com/s/versailles-tour-256529544d3f42d1
Look Inside the French Palace of Versailles
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https://www.farandwide.com/s/versailles-tour-256529544d3f42d1
hollydolly
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- London England
Tish
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- Rural N.S.W. Australia
Absolutely magnificent.
It is mind boggling what workman ship in that era!!! (Tools and equipment and laborers)
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The Palace of Versailles or Château de Versailles was the principal royal residence of France from 1682, under Louis XIV, until the start of the French Revolution in 1789, under Louis XVI.
Lewkat
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- New Jersey, USA
Sadly, never got to spend as much time there as I'd have liked. The same with the Louvre. These are places one needs a ton of time to fully appreciate.
Capt Lightning
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- Historic Buchan, Scotland
A true tale...
Some years ago I was in Paris on business and along with two colleagues, we went visit the palace of Versailles.
While walking through the 'Hall of Mirrors' we saw a woman and two teenage girls. One of my colleagues commented that the girls were very nice and (he assumed) their mother wasn't bad looking either - she had very shapely bottom.
Unfortunately, they were English, and the woman smiled and said, "do you thing my bottom looks nice?" . Much to my colleague's embarrassment, she then walked up to the mirrors and wiggled her bottom for him. We had a good laugh
Some years ago I was in Paris on business and along with two colleagues, we went visit the palace of Versailles.
While walking through the 'Hall of Mirrors' we saw a woman and two teenage girls. One of my colleagues commented that the girls were very nice and (he assumed) their mother wasn't bad looking either - she had very shapely bottom.
Unfortunately, they were English, and the woman smiled and said, "do you thing my bottom looks nice?" . Much to my colleague's embarrassment, she then walked up to the mirrors and wiggled her bottom for him. We had a good laugh
JonDouglas
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- New England
I liked Louis' back yard - so much that I took a picture of it, dreaming what it would be like to ride a bike in the woods back there. I could could have seen much more of the grounds in the short time I had.
Other than seeing the fine workmanship in some of the rooms, most of the inside held no interest. A small cabin by a scenic pond or lake would be more of a luxury to me. I suppose kings, queens and other garden-variety elite have a big need to impress others with their digs.
Other than seeing the fine workmanship in some of the rooms, most of the inside held no interest. A small cabin by a scenic pond or lake would be more of a luxury to me. I suppose kings, queens and other garden-variety elite have a big need to impress others with their digs.
It is staggering, all by hand, stone-by-stone, carving-by-carving, fragment of gold leaf after fragment of gold leaf.
The highlight for me is the gardens and garden teahouse at 12:52 in the video.I liked Louis' back yard - so much that I took a picture of it, dreaming what it would be like to ride a bike in the woods back there. I could could have seen much more of the grounds in the short time I had.
Other than seeing the fine workmanship in some of the rooms, most of the inside held no interest. A small cabin by a scenic pond or lake would be more of a luxury to me. I suppose kings, queens and other garden-variety elite have a big need to impress others with their digs.