Palace of Versailles
LocationFrance
Year1682
TypePalace
About Palace of Versailles
Over 700 rooms, 2,153 windows, and 1,200 fireplaces. The Hall of Mirrors has 357 mirrors. The gardens cover 2,000 acres with 50 fountains. Louis XIV moved the court here to control the nobility. Over 36,000 workers built it. The Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Hall of Mirrors in 1919.
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