Discover who built the Palace of Versailles. Learn how Louis XIII began it and Louis XIV transformed it with famous ...
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 beginnings are ...
PARIS — France is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles III’s state visit at one of its most magnificent and emblematic monuments: the Palace of Versailles, which celebrates its 400th ...
For the first time in its 387-year history, you can now sleep like royalty at the Palace of Versailles, which opened its first-ever hotel on June 1. Known as Le Grand Contrôle, the hotel features 14 ...
Many know the Palace of Versailles as the French king Louis XIV’s personal project, a palace he built to escape Paris and host lavish gatherings for France’s elite. Through the lens of contemporary ...
If only the heir of Louis XIV, "The Sun King," knew what would eventually take place at the royal palace their deaths: the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Palace of Versailles will be the site of Olympic ...
The Palace of Versailles has an earnest history; it was home to Louis XIV’s royal court, was where Marie Antoinette married the Dauphin in 1770, and was stripped bare during the French revolution–it ...
THE PRESIDENTIAL palace would be more aptly named the Palace of Versailles if you consider the number of courtiers it has on its payroll with fancy titles.In total some 140 people work at the palace, ...
PARIS (AP) — France is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles III’s state visit at one of its most magnificent and emblematic monuments: the Palace of Versailles, which celebrates its 400th ...
Athletes are making history at the 2024 Summer Olympics, while the TODAY crew is basking in history. TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker got to visit the Palace of Versailles and soak in ...