The Palace of Versailles, which is one of the world's five largest palaces along with the Forbidden City of China, Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, the White House in the United States, and the Kremlin in Russia, has made more people know its name because of the "Versailles Treaty". From 1661 to 1710, tens of thousands of people worked day and night, and spent nearly half a century to build a luxurious palace in Versailles, 18 kilometers from the center of Paris, in the town of Versailles, where art and royal power were integrated.
It is the Versailles of art, which integrates architecture, painting, sculpture and garden art; It is the Versailles of absolute royal power, and it combines political power and the luxury of princes and nobles.
Walking through the splendid chapel, passing through the famous Der Spiegel Gallery, passing the apartments of the Princess and Louis XIV, everything in front of you shows visitors the softness and wealth of France in the era of Louis XIV, and at the same time sighs at the grandeur of this palace of art, famous paintings, ornaments, groups of sculptures ......These works of art have been created by French artists and creators that embody the elegance, simplicity and elegance that the French royal family sought – even after hundreds of years.
The Der Spiegel Gallery, where the Treaty of Versailles was signed, is 75 meters long. Measuring 10 meters wide and 12 meters high, 17 large mirrors made up of 578 mirrors are opposite 17 sets of floor-to-ceiling windows, and the warm sunlight and crimson sunset outside the windows can be poured on the mirrors, creating a huge contrast with the rest of the halls.
The Palace of Versailles has hosted many important historical events:
On January 20, 1783, after the armistice between Britain and the United States, a treaty recognizing the independence of the United States was signed at the Palace of Versailles;
From 1870 to 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War, Germany invaded the city of Paris and set up a siege headquarters at the Palace of Versailles;
On January 8, 1871, Kaiser Wilhelm I was crowned at the Palais de l'Mirror;
On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed between the Allies and defeated Germany in the Hall of Mirrors;
At the end of World War II, the headquarters of the Allied forces was established in Versailles from September 1944 to May 1945;
The Palace of Versailles is famous all over the world, in addition to the heavy history and politics it carries, as well as its attributes as an absolute royal power. In 1682, after the completion of the main works of Versailles, Louis XIV, who had experienced the last prosperity of the Bourbon dynasty, moved into the Palace of Versailles with a large number of famous nobles in Paris, and then a large number of famous nobles in Paris also brought their families here, and the Palace of Versailles became a place where they spent all day drinking and enjoying the pleasures of paradise. As everyone knows, this is precisely the sinister intentions of Louis XIV - this outstanding king in the history of France played with them in the palm of his hand and controlled them in the barriers, these famous nobles were drunk on money and intelligently devoted themselves to studying the complicated etiquette of the court - they intrigued for favor, took great pains to flatter, they were completely subject to Louis XIV politically and economically, and some feudal nobles who tried to oppose the royal family had nothing to do after all. At that time, Versailles was an absolute royal power that could not be violated.
However, when the French Revolution broke out in 1789 and the revolutionaries escorted Louis XVI and Empress Marie Antonite from here to Paris, Versailles' mission as a royal palace came to an end, leaving only a timeless artistic charm.