Historical buildings

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Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles as the principal royal residence of

France from 1682, under LOUIS XIV, until the start of
the FRENCH REVOLUTION in 1789, under LOUIS XIV. It is
located in the DEPARTMENT of YVELINES, in
the REGION and province of Île-de-France, about 20
kilometres (12 miles) southwest of the centre of paris. The court
of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from
1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family
was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the
beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore
famous not only as a building, but as well as a symbol of the
system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.