Baroque Palace Interiors: Top Photos

Gilded halls where Europe's monarchs turned spectacle into statecraft

The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. It is also known as the Château de Versailles. When the château was built, Versa
The Palace of Versailles, a royal château in the Île-de-France region of France. © Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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