2009年7月16日木曜日

The Palace of Versailles


Our group will talk about the palace of Versailles and the Mont Saint-Michel in France. First I'm going to talk about History of the Palace of Versailles.

It stands Yveline about 22 kilometers from Paris. It was built in 1624 by Louisⅹⅲ as a hunting lodge. In 1661, Louisⅹⅳwas interesting the building, then it built an extension and became palace. It is said that a symbol of autocracy. In 1667, the gardens were created by a famous gardener. In 1675, dam was built in the Seine for fountain in the Palace of Versailles. About 36000 people worked for the fountain. In 1668, it was built an extension again and the hall of Mirrors was built in it. After that chapel and theater were also built.

The Palace of Versailles is famous for peace treaty on June 28th in 1919. It was concluded in the hall of Mirrors.

Source:Wikipedia

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