My Travels - French Chapter (3) The Sun of Versailles
2023-05-16
October 1, 2015, Paris, France, Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles, located in city of Versailles, 15 km southwest of Paris, France, served French court for 107 years (1682-1789). This is a gem of French art. The building and decoration are very artistic, and now first floor has been turned into an art museum, as well as a place where French leaders meet with important foreign heads of state and envoys.
In 1660, after research and weighing, Louis XIV decided to buy 6.7 square kilometers of land based on hunting lodge of Louis XIII for construction of a new palace; in 1667 Le Notre designed gardens and fountains of Versailles. At same time, Le Vau built new palaces on western, northern, and southern sides of hunting palace to surround original hunting palace; in 1710, construction of entire Palace of Versailles and gardens was completed, and it immediately became largest, most majestic and magnificent palace in Europe. The most luxurious palace building, and soon became center of noble activity, center of art and birthplace of culture and fashion in France and Europe .
The Palace of Versailles is a classical style building. The façade is processed in a standard three-stage classical style, that is, façade is divided into vertical and horizontal sections, representing beauty. Its interior decoration is mainly in Baroque style, with several halls in Rococo style. It can be said that magnificent view of Palace of Versailles and strictly regular garden design are full of cultural classicism of heyday of French feudal domination, and this is nothing but a magnificent monument of French culture.
October 1, 2015 (local time) we, as a group of eight people, went to Palace of Versailles near Paris. The autumn sun is warm and bright, shining on golden gates of Palace of Versailles and decorations on roof of building, open to world as an art museum. morning dew, fresh, tender, bright and touching.
I love sun of Versailles~♥
1. Architecture and design
Second, palace and interior
3. Zenith and oil painting
4. Relief and sculpture
V. Gardening and horticulture
6. Sun in Versailles
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Europe Travel NotesSeries Column
1. United Kingdom
UK Opening
London: Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, British Museum, St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower Castle, University of Cambridge, King's College, River Cam, Royal Gallery etc. .< /u>
York: National Railway Museum, York Minster, Viking Centre, Clifford's Tower at York Castle, York River, York City Walls, Train Station and more < /em>
Edinburgh: Harrods Arcade, Princes Street Gardens, Scott Monument, Edinburgh Art Gallery, Edinburgh Castle, Princes Street, church, Elephant Cafe (Magic cafe), Arthur's Seat, Calton Hill, iron station road, etc.
British Museum
National Railway Museum
2. France
Paris: Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, Seine Cruise, Center Pompidou, Palace of Versailles, Monet's Garden, Van Gogh's Bistro & Town Hall, Loire Castles, Chambord Castle, Paris Academy of Fine Arts , Café Flor, Louvre, Orangerie, Musee d'Orsay, etc.
French collections: Louvre Museum, Orangery Museum, Musée d'Orsay, Center Pompidou, etc.
Sunshine in Versailles
3. Vatican
Vatican Museum, St. Peter's Basilica (see Rome, Italy)
4. Italy
Rome: Castel Sant'Angelo, Pantheon, Column of Merit, Square of Two Rivers, Plaza de España, Colosseum, Arch of Constantine, Ruins of Roman Forum, etc.< /strong >
Florence: Town Hall Square, Santa Maria del Fiore, Uffizi Gallery, Arno River, Michelangelo Square, etc.
Venice: Bridge of Sighs, St. Mark's Basilica, St. Mark's Square, Colored Island, Glass Island, etc.
Uffizi Gallery
5. Switzerland
Lucerne: Lion monument, Hof church, covered bridge, water tower, lake view, etc.
Interlaken: Snowy Alps, Mirren Hut, Tour Train, Jungfraujoch, Top of Europe, Chocolate Factory, Hiking on Schilthorn
Spitz: harbor, Lake Thun, Spitz castle, medieval church, mid-level gardens
Bern: railway station, river Aare, federal building, Bern Cathedral, clock with astronomical calendar, Einstein House, street view < /p>
Montreux: Lake of Thun, Lake Geneva, Montreux Museum, Chillon Castle, etc.
Geneva: train station, Geneva Fountain, Palais des Nations, Broken Chair, Palais de Justice, St. Pierre Cathedral and Tower, Lake Geneva, etc.
6. Slovakia
Bratislava: Bratislava Castle, Black Death Monument, Klemengauer Old Town Square, Slovak National Theatre, Old Town Hall, Roland Fountains, gourmet shopping street, St. Martin's Church, etc. < /u>
7, Hungary
Budapest: Danube Cruise, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Heroes' Square, museums, art galleries, Fisherman's Bastion, Matthias Church, Parliament House, Chain Bridge, Millennium Monuments, etc. < /u>
8, Czech Republic
Prague: boat trip on Voltava River, Prague Castle, St. Vitus Church, Golden Lane, Charles Bridge, Wenceslas Old Town Square, Astronomical Clock and much more.
Karlovy Vary: Hot Springs Corridor, Commercial Street, Grand Hotel, etc.
Pilsen: Pilsen Republic Square, St. Bartholomew's Cathedral, Black Death Memorial Column, Renaissance Town Hall, City Water Tower, Masne Krama Exhibition Hall, etc.< /strong>
Czsky Krumlov: Český Krumlov Castle, St. Vitus Church, city shops, street scenes, rivers, etc.
9, Germany
Dresden: Saxon State Opera House, Dresden Zwinger Palace, Dresden Catholic Church, Elbe River, Square, Frauenkirche Cathedral, etc.
10, Austria
Salzburg: Salzburg Castle, Mozart Statue, Salzburg Church, Mozart House, Sluice Bridge over Danube, Karajan House, Mozart Museum, Summer Palace.
Hallstatt: Hallstatt town, old church, Black Death memorial column, lake and mountain scenery.
Vienna: University of Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace, Central Park, Austrian Parliament Building, Town Hall, Parliament Building, Queen's Square, Heroesplatz, Hofburg Imperial Palace, Augustinian Imperial Palace Cathedral, Vienna State Opera, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Shopping Pedestrian Street, etc.
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