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Palace and Park of Versailles

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France
Date of Inscription: 1979
Extension: 2007
Criteria: (i)(ii)(vi)
Core zone: 1070 ha
Buffer zone: 9467 ha
Department of Yvelines, Ile-de-France
N48 48 18 E2 7 10
Ref: 83bis

Brief Description

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, sculptors, decorators and landscape architects, it provided Europe with a model of the ideal royal residence for over a century.

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