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The front of the main palace at Versailles. Yes, that long line of people is the line to get in.
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Looking out the window from one of the rooms inside the main palace.
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The king's personal chapel, inside the main palace.
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The Sun King thought vey highly of himself. Statues and paintings of him are everywhere.
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Another bust of Louix XIV. The detail on the walls was unbelievable.
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Many of the ceilings in the main palace at Versailles look like this... covered with detailed paintings.
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The hall of mirrors, the most elaborate room in the entire palace.
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The King trampling his enemies underfoot, while God's angel hovers protectively overhead. Whew ... these guys were something.
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Another look at the hall of mirrors. The ceiling is fantastic.
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The Orangerie. The king kept orange trees in silver pots. They were wheeled inside in winter.
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Standing in the garden, looking back at the main palace.
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One of the Water Parterres. These are 2 huge reflecting pools just outside the "back door" of the palace.
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The Latone Fountain, and beyond that the Grand Canal, where the king used to keep full-sized ships for amusement.
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La Basin D'Apollon (Apollo Fountain). Apollo riding up out of the waves on the chariot of the sun.
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One of the rooms in the Grand Trianon, the palace the king built to get away from the main palace.
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The queen's bedroom at the Grand Trianon.
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Every corner of the place is covered with intricate detail.
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Fascinating table leg; looks like an Egyptian.
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The porch of the Grand Trianon.
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Looking from the porch to the gardens behind the Grand Trianon.
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One of the rooms in the Grand Trianon. Most furnishings are not original; the French Revolutionaries gutted the palaces.
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Inside the Grand Trianon.
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Notice Randy's reflection in the glass as he was taking this photo.
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On the way to the Petit Trianon. They had a square-screen video display, each side showing Versailles in a different season.
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Inside the Petite Trianon, the mini-palace Marie Antionette used to get away from the Grand Trianon.
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The Queen's Hamlet. A little make-believe village Marie-Antionette created as an escape from real life.
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The Queen's Hamlet. It has about 12 buildings, including a mini-mill, a mini-theater and a little canal.
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The Queen's Hamlet.
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The mini-theater building in the Queen's Hamlet.
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We saw this awesome tree as we walked back past the Petit Trianon, heading back to the main palace.
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One last fountain before we exited the grounds of Versailles. At one time, there were about 1500 fountains at Versailles.
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