Today's ArchiPic is the beautiful Palace of Versailles in France.
Designed in 1624 and only twenty kilometers from Paris, this palace was
first used as a hunting lodge for the French monarch Louis XIII. The
next hundred and fifty years would turn the chateau into a major icon
for 18th century French art.
Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles
By the time of Louis XIV, Versailles had become the center of political power for France and a symbol for absolute monarchy under the divine right of kings, but after the French revolution in 1789, this powerhouse became unimportant in political affairs for that period. It now serves as a museum for the history of France.
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