Audio guide VERSAILLES Tourist Guide

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PRESENTATION

Immersed in an incomparable park, you're about to visit the palace of all palaces, the symbol of the Sun King's policy of cultural absolutism: a spectacular residence that was envied and admired by...

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2:45

EXTERIOR

The town of Versailles, where you are now, obviously centers around the palace, but it's not just an attachment: it's a lively conurbation of around 90,000 inhabitants, crossed with a trio of...

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3:01

INTERIOR

From the outside the palace looks fairly homogeneous and coherent, but when you see the interior apartments you have to make a lot of mental leaps between different dates, styles and French kings....

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2:35

HALL OF MIRRORS

The project that was most dear to Louis XIV was a great hall for official receptions that would impress ambassadors and important guests: it is the Galerie des Glaces, or The Hall of Mirrors where you...

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2:49

GARDENS

You're now in the Palace's huge garden, with walkways and flower beds designed geometrically on a main axis that intersects with secondary axes, walkways, and pools with fountains, defining a type of...

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2:48

TRIANON

After walking along the first section of the canal to the right, you come to the Allée de la Reine, a diagonal avenue behind the Fountain of Apollo; this is the queen's avenue, which...

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