Chateau de Versailles, France US 2

From Rouen, drive south-east along the A13 to delve further into France’s turbulent history. The

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Chateau de Versailles is the greatest remaining emblem of France’s ancien Régime, the opulent and oppressive aristocratic system which ruled the country from the 15th Century until it was overthrown by revolution in 1789. The Chateau was the primary residence of the French monarchy through these years, and each King commissioned his favorite artists and architects to embellish its various structures. The opulent Hall of Mirrors inside the Palace of Versailles. The opulent Hall of Mirrors inside the Palace of Versailles. The palace’s grounds are vast and it can take thirty minutes to walk between sites. Alongside the baroque palace there are elegant and understated gardens, the smaller Italianate buildings of the Grand Trianon and the secluded residence of Marie Antoinette. All are spellbindingly stylish, although it is hard not to envisage Marie leaning from a balcony and sardonically crying: “The poor say they have no bread? Well let them eat cake!” This story is entirely fabricated but feels very appropriate upon encountering the extravagance of Versailles. The king and his court were eventually forced out by a phalanx of women who, incensed by the price of bread, armed themselves and marched from the Parisian marketplace to Versailles.