Baroque Palace Interiors: Top Photos

Gilded halls where Europe's monarchs turned spectacle into statecraft

Chateau de Vaux-le Vicomte, France
Vaux-le-Vicomte — the palace that made a king jealous enough to imprison its owner and steal his entire design team. Start here before Versailles. © Jebulon, Le Vau as architect, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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