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Paris - 700 Rooms, 6123 paintings and 800 hectares of gardens. Palace of Versailles is a tale about fame until the story of tragic Marie Antoinette.

This is in the palace of King Louis bertahta dynasty. Palace of Versailles began in 1623 when Louis XIII built a small palace for hunting in the forest of Versailles. That her son Louis XIV's palace zoom in and move this center of power from Paris to Versailles in 1682.

Dynasty Louis last taste of luxury that is Versailles Louis XVI. He and his wife Marie Antoinette finally forced out of Versailles when the French Revolution in 1789. Fate of both ends at the table Guillotine.

However, sustainable permanent grandeur of Versailles and now become one of the most famous tourism in France. Location was only slightly outside the City of Paris and can be applied to the intercity train RER during 45 minutes.

However, you should be ready-ready queue with the visitor. To go to Versailles, the visitor must queue twice. Is first in line to buy tickets at 13.50 euros, or about Rp 202,500, and the second in line to enter the Palace of Versailles. Palace garden can be enjoyed for free.

Detikcom visit Wednesday (29/4/2009) morning, when tourists are crowded. Located on a hill, the palace of this can be seen from a distance. The gate of the palace which is exposed to a light golden shimmer sun. Truly, the visitor to immediately move into.

It took one hour since the ticket queue to enter the palace. There is a special entrance that has been modified, equipped with a metal detector and place of care of goods. As a guide, visitors can request a complete audio guide to the earphone. Live input to listen to the track number information about a room in Versailles.

Of the 700 rooms at Versailles, it only partially opened to the public. Only two of the three floors of the palace can be visited. The first room is the chapel of Versailles, the king's family and the place to do mass wedding of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Visitors go to the room which made a number of paintings gallery family kingdom. Of particular interest is the various paintings of King Louis XIV from baby to adult. After the kingdom of the gallery, located on the second floor rooms royalty.

Louis XIV's words to the famous L'Etat, c'est moi (my country is) and the absolute monarchy form of government based in Versailles. 2 is on the floor visitors can see how Louis XIV led the monarchy absolutnya. Rooms sleep a luxury, directly adjacent to the meeting room with the minister, and the room to look in the face with the king's guests.

Before the visits in the palace, visitors will arrive in La Galerie des Glaces or the famous Mirror Gallery. This is a large room aft with decoration lamp crystal. The window overlooks the beautiful gardens of Versailles. This is a very historic room as the family party room, including the king of Versailles in the 1919 Agreement that the World War I.

Exit the Palace of Versailles, the garden area of 800 hectares awaiting you in the back of the palace. From the back of the Versailles, visitors can see the forest carpet the king hunting, swimming-pool palace and the Grand Canal, an artificial canal along the 1.5 km.

Versailles garden is too broad to be explored. Visitors are usually run only two ponds up water fountain the Bassin de Latone and Bassin de Apollon, to edge up to the Grand Canal. This is a two-pond water fountain on a beautiful Goddess Latona and god Apollo.

A magnificent palace, many beautiful paintings, and a beautiful palace garden. Versailles is very satisfying visitors. Feeling tired is already settled.