The Palace of Versailles, known as château de Versailles in French, is a paragon of Baroque architecture that once served as a royal residence and the de facto capital of France—but its ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Any mention of the Palace of Versailles is likely to summon images of gilt panelling, extravagant coiffure ...

“Versailles: Science and Splendor” is on view at the Science Museum in London through April 21, 2025.

The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI. Embellished by several generations of architects ...

In June, delegates from 32 countries met at the Palace of Versailles near Paris to make peace after World War One - the peace they hoped would ‘end all wars’. No Germans were invited to the ...

Laura French The Château de Versailles, the sprawling palace and former seat of power, is located 10 miles southwest of Paris in Versailles. Every year, nearly 10 million travelers make the trek ...

Throughout the series, almost all of the action is staged at Versailles: the palace under construction. Indeed, for totally justifiable reasons, the showrunners have made the palace both a key ...

Where the kings of France are concerned, a focus must always fall upon the French Revolution, the most monumental regicide in history. I was surprised, therefore, that the revolution was mentioned ...

We may also think of philosophers like Voltaire and the age of the enlightenment, but less well-known is the palace’s crucial role in supporting the sciences. As a new exhibition, “Versailles ...

Florida—a $100 million house big enough for her dreams and inspired by the Palace of Versailles. But with the Great Recession of 2008 looming, Jackie and David's dreams begin to crumble ...