Palace of Versailles, the most important royal palaces in France

Palace of Versailles or the "Chateau de Versailles" (in French: Le château de Versailles), is the most important royal palaces in France and is located in Versailles, about 25 kilometers west of downtown Paris.

Order of Louis XIII 1624 year built a small house for fishing on the nearby hill from the village of Versailles that the small bush nearby and abundant fishing, and in 1632 was to expand the house.

In the reign of Louis XIV built the house in place of the palace of Versailles of 1682. He moved to King Louis XIV in this year's Paris to the palace, the palace remained the royal residence until the headquarters of the ruling family was forced to return to the capital in 1789. Despite this under the Palace of Versailles, a center of power in the Old Testament, France. It has also become a symbol of absolute monarchy by Louis XIV called the Sun King. After 100 years of residence is another king, King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, who forced them the French Revolution in 1789 to leave the palace, and then hanged or guillotined "knife gelatin."

The oldest mention of the village of Versailles is found in a document dated in 1142, (Charter of the Church of St. - Peter de Chartres). Of the signatories of the Charter was "Hugo de Versailles," and then name of the village.

The lobby of the Palace

During this period, the village of Versailles centered on a small castle and church and the area was under the control of the Lord or a local feudal lord. He said the village site on the road from Paris to Normandy Driuks and some prosperity to the village, but after the Black Death and the Hundred Years War, the village had been destroyed to a great extent and its population reduced significantly.

In 1575 by "Albert de soldier," a Florentine (relative to Florence), bought "Sagenyora Versailles." Arrived, "de soldier" to France with "Catherine de Medici" and his family, and became influential in the French Parliament. In the first decades of the seventeenth century, the "De troops" at the invitation of Louis XIII on several hunting trips in the forests of Versailles.

Order of Louis XIII of the construction of a small house hunting in 1624. Designed by "Vliber Le Roy," The structure built of stone and brick red with a list of the roof. After eight years in 1632, and concluded Louis XIII "Alsagenyora Versailles" of the family "de soldier", and began to expand operations to the palace.

Second German Reich was founded in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles after the Prussian King Wilhelm announced the first tsar of the German Empire in the January 18, 1871 after the quick victory of German troops in the war with France.

Queen bedroom or a room in the Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles in the months building the classic French art and French palaces months that attest to the splendor and architecture of French furniture and decorative landscaping. Interface extends the main palace about 80 meters. It consists of several buildings facing and overlooking the square in the center, and the palace itself consists of three floors. Many of the pieces of furniture and ceilings which are made of gold. In the past, inhabited by approximately 20 thousand people from the king and the ruling Alosro and footnote, servants and royal guard.

"Palace of Versailles Palace was amazing .. the residence of the kings of France as King Louis XIV (preferably pronounced as in French-Louis) and King Louis XV and King Louis XVI .."

Palace of the wonderful garden filled with fountains, and many workers have dedicated only to take care of landscaped and flowers. And always or often be in palaces palace garden behind the building of the palace at Versailles, the garden extends over a wide area approximately 80 hectares

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Some simply charming French villages

Some simply charming French villages

French Villages

Photos of some French villages

Pictures of the wonderful French villages

Stunning views in France  

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Disney Land a tourist attraction in France

Disney Land (in English: Disneyland) is the park opened in 1955 and owned by The Walt Disney Company. Disneyland is located in many places in the world, including Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo and California and Florida.

Disneyland .. Paris celebrates its anniversary with the 16 children in the June 14, 2008.

The visit to Disneyland Paris from stations that are important to each family to visit Paris and spend her vacation summer in its territory, and advised many of the offices of the travel and tourism parents when planning a summer vacation in Paris to draw up a visit Disneyland in the first list of 'important visits' or as it is called in English 'must-do'. How to reach them? Accessible to the city of Disneyland with great ease, For those in Paris can go to it by metro A with a red line in the map of the metro, or by car via the highway through the suburb of Marne to Avallea Jesse Marne La vallae, and can even take a taxi to reach, but the cost will be high up to 120 euros per person.

Tickets

Sold tickets in first class hotels and some travel and the price of tickets and Disney tickets for one day only 48

Euros for adults and children 38 euros and a reminder Disney with the studio for one day, the 56th Senior and children 48 euros and a reminder two days Disney with the studio 103 for adults and children 84 euros and a reminder three days of Disney with the studio, 128 adults and children, 105 euros, the best to buy tickets from the hotel due to congestion at the same price Disney Land, and children less 3 years free

Timing
City opens its doors every day from 10 am to 6 pm, summer. The day Saturday and Sunday from the days crowded the city greatly, and therefore is not recommended to visit in those days because the time will end up in children who are waiting in line at the different games because of overcrowding. The best days of the visit is from Monday to Thursday. Where children can spend time in beautiful and enjoyable.
Food

There are many restaurants spread across the city, including restaurants, especially fast food, and of which depends on the system menu, but many visitors prefer the fast-food restaurants, so it should be planned to avoid the crowds in these restaurants.

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All information on Museum Louvre

Louvre Museum, the definition of rich is the French capital Paris is the most important museums of France and most famous museums of the world.

This museum was originally a fortress built by "Philippe Auguste" the year 1190, where the latter (Philippe Auguste) B_ed citadel on the banks of the River Seine to avoid surprises disturbing attack on the city during the periods of his absence long in the Crusades, and was the castle is also the The official place for the establishment of King Charles the fifth.

The idea of ​​the Louvre Francois day began for the first anthology to collect new art consisting of twelve panel then continued Henry II and Catherine de Medici the process of enriching the work of a distinctive group, as did many of the other rulers.

And when he died of Louis XIV in 1715, the outcome of the group has reached to 2500 pieces and art, has been this group especially for the pleasure of the royal court's ruling only, and even the French Revolution in 1789, realized the Louis XVI importance of transforming the palace to the Museum of the year 1793, the museum has become in the year 1848, the property of the state).

And the Louvre as it is now the largest museum in the world, but it was not Bakadir by the stages of expansion continuing - which began in 1984 AD - to display all the treasures ... and continue working there until the beginning of 1998, to take its final form which it is now. The total exhibition space of 60 thousand square meters, and the number of objects displayed in which 30 000 masterpiece.

Departments and schools of art comprising the Museum
As follows:

- Belly.
- Ancient Egypt.
- Elhoudartan Greek and Romanian

In addition to the technical schools the following:

- The French school.
- The Italian school.
- Dutch and Finnish school.
- English School.

With a number of sculptures and rare works of art ..
Panel Almunalizh among the paintings in the museum

Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre) of the most important art museums in the world [1], is located on the north bank of the River Seine in Paris, the capital of France. The Louvre's largest showroom for art world Oppe many Egyptian antiquities stolen during the French campaign on Egypt, and was a fortress built by Philippe Auguste in 1190, to avoid surprises disturbing attack on the city during the periods of his absence long in the Crusades, and took the castle name of the place was built therefore, to turn later to the royal palace known as the Palace of the Louvre Qatna kings of France, was the last taken by the official residence of Louis XIV which he left the palace of Versailles year 1672 to be the headquarters of the new ruling, leaving the Louvre to be a center containing a set of objects of ownership and sculptures in particular. In the occupation of the building in 1692 Okadimitan representation, sculpture, drawing, and which opened the first Sallonatha year 1699. The building has been occupied for 100 years. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly declared that the Louvre should have a national museum to exhibit the masterpieces of the nation. To open the museum on August 10, 1793. The Louvre is the largest national museum in France One of the most frequented by visitors museums in the world. Underwent in the era of the late French President Francois Mitterrand to the reform processes and a major expansion.

The museum is divided into several parts according to the type of art and history. The total length of about 13 km halls, which contain more than one million pieces of art, whether painting or a statue. The museum's impressive collection of monuments of Greek, Romanian, Egyptian and ancient civilization of Mesopotamia - and of which there are 5664 pieces - as well as paintings and sculptures dating to the eighteenth century AD.

Introduces the visitor to the Louvre through the Pyramid of huge glass was opened in 1989, the most important sections of the museum Great Hall built by Catherine de Medici, in the seventeenth century, and contains dozens of paintings, rare genius painters, led by a masterpiece of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa's famous painted by in 1503 AD and renamed it the Mona Lisa a fee of Amon and Isis. Djiokanda and is Leonardo painted in more than four years, he loved Lnh Aljioknda, in order to see it used to say to her that he was not terminated and modify them. And also of the masterpieces of the Hall plates face painter Francis I of Titan.

And to the right of the big hall, there is a narrow hall which displays some of the paintings Tolotrick French painter who combined a cafe named Moulin Rouge. In another room of the museum, you can see the famous oil painting is a painting of the coronation of Napoleon I, the painter David. The museum also contains a statue of Albelajura, which were used in the film (Albelajura specter of the Louvre). As the museum contains many of the effects of Middle Eastern and stolen by the Europeans during the Crusades and colonial campaigns over the centuries, where it is currently displayed in the exhibition. He has written on this museum many interesting novels, most notably the novel (Da Vinci Code) by Dan Brown's world.

 Louvre
The Louvre palace of the kings of France until the French Revolution, where the palace into a museum in 1793. Louvre Museum has a wide variety of statues, sculptures, artifacts and fees. Among the main groups in the exhibition of ancient Eastern Antiquities, which was the ancient civilizations of the East that goes back to 7000 years BC.



Visiting hours

The museum is open daily except Tuesday

Wednesday and Friday from 9:00 to 22:00 and the rest of the days from 9:00 to 18:00

The main entrance of the pyramid.
Subway

Royal Palace palais-Royal

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