French Châteaux: Top Photos

Stone palaces of the Loire Valley where kings made power beautiful

Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) in the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France.
The Galerie des Glaces at Versailles. The Loire châteaux were arguments about power; Versailles was the final word — the same impulse, taken to its logical conclusion a century later. © Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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