Images of Versailles
| Panoramic view from the park |
| View of Versailles from the Avenue de Paris, ca. 1662 by Pierre Patel. This was how Versailles looked before Louis XIV began enlarging the château. | Garden façade of the Palace of Versailles, ca. 1675. Shown is the terrace that was later to become part of the Hall of Mirrors. | Louis XIV's third building campaign resulted in the construction of the Hall of Mirrors. | View of the Château de Versailles as seen from the Place d’Armes, 1722, ca. 1722, by Pierre-Denis Martin. This was how Versailles looked at the end of Louis XIV’s fourth building campaign. |
| Proclamation of the German Empire, 18 January 1871, 1877 by Anton von Werner. | The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28 June 1919 by Sir William Orpen, KBE. | Salle du Sacre with a view toward Salle des Gardes de la Reine in the Grand Appartement of the queen. | The Queen's bedchamber. There is a barely discernible 'hidden door' in the corner near the jewel cabinet by Schwerdfeger (1787) through which Marie Antoinette escaped the night of 5/6 October 1789 when the Paris mob stormed Versailles. |
| The Hall of Mirrors. |
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