2023-05-18
October 28, 2018 I visited Palace of Versailles in Paris, France.
The Palace of Versailles is known all over world for its magnificent architecture and beautiful natural scenery around it. The Palace of Versailles is known as one of most beautiful palaces in world. At same time, Palace of Versailles in France, Forbidden City in Beijing, Buckingham Palace in UK, White House in US and Kremlin in Russia are collectively known as one of five most famous palaces in world. world.
The Palace of Versailles is located in city of Versailles, 18 km southwest of Paris, and was built during era of Louis XIV (1643-1715). According to information, Palace of Versailles was founded in 1661 and was completed in 1689, covering an area of 1.11 million square meters, including a building area of 110,000 square meters and a garden area of 1 million square meters. , It has a history of over 330 years. The Palace of Versailles is large, majestic, well organized and coordinated. The main palace runs from east to west and connects with south palace and north palace, forming a symmetrical geometric pattern. The roof of Versailles abandoned conventional baroque dome and traditional architectural style of spiers of western architecture and adopted a flat roof which made it vertical and majestic. At top of outer wall of palace, there are countless beautiful and realistic marble statues.
I came to France for sightseeing and one of most eye-catching palaces is Palace of Versailles, especially in Palace of Versailles, I also saw exquisite oil paintings hanging in corridors, living rooms and bedrooms of Palace of Versailles and figure sculptures in various poses, oil paintings and sculptures are all world-class masterpieces, and they are all created by celebrities. It can be said that each piece is a rare treasure worthy of praise. In particular, paintings by celebrities such as da Vinci, as well as marble sculptures carved by famous sculptors, add splendor to Palace of Versailles. The living room and bedroom of Louis XIV of France are not only hung with oil paintings of celebrities, but also exquisite figure paintings are painted on roof, which makes palace majestic.
The Palace of Versailles in France is really beautiful and made a deep impression on me. I like Versailles.