Chinese Name: Versailles Palace and its Gardens mbth: Palace and Park of Versailles Approved Time: 1979 Heritage Category: Cultural Heritage Selection Criteria: C 126 Country: French Mainland: General situation of Europe, basic information, basic overview, related history, main attractions, overview of the former King's Hunting Manor, small castles built in Louis XIII, and expansion in Louis XIV/kloc. On the premise of retaining small castles, large-scale palaces including castles, palaces and gardens were built. The three radial avenues make Versailles seem to be the focus of Paris and even France. It reflected the centralization and absolute monarchy of France at that time. Chinese name of basic information: Palace of Versailles and its gardens English name: Palace and Park of Versailles Approved time: 1979 Heritage type: cultural heritage selection criteria: C 126 Country: French mainland: European basic information palace is 400 meters long and its facade is divided into three sections, which is a model of classical architecture. It is very important for the17,6544 building. The main building frame was planned by the chief architect of Louvre, Levo, and the indoor sculptures, furniture and murals were designed and directed by lebrun, a painter who advocated Roman art style. Minsart is responsible for the large-scale expansion of Versailles Palace, and the famous "Mirror Gallery" and the Grand Trianon Palace are his most outstanding works. The mirror gallery is 76m long and10m wide, and consists of 578 mirrors. Painting, sculpture, marble, crystal, bronze and silk ornaments are all immortal works of court decoration, showing the luxury of the Louis Dynasty. From 65438 to 0979, UNESCO listed Versailles Palace and Gardens as cultural heritage on the World Heritage List. Located 24 kilometers southwest of Paris. The largest palace in Europe. Originally the king's hunting manor, Louis XIII built a small castle, which was expanded in the period of Louis XIV and completed in Louis XV. On the premise of retaining small castles, large-scale palaces including castles, palaces and gardens were built. It covers an area of 2473 hectares. The three radial avenues make Versailles seem to be the focus of Paris and even France. It reflected the centralization and absolute monarchy of France at that time. Versailles Palace and Garden, located in the western suburbs of Paris, the French capital. The Palace of Versailles is located in the town of Versailles, which is 15km west of Paris, with an area of11 km2, in which the building area is 0.1/km2 and the garden area is1km2. Related History The Palace of Versailles was built in 1624, when King Louis XIII built a castle here. From 166 1, it took Louis XIV 28 years to expand it into the largest, most solemn and beautiful palace in Europe. Palace buildings take the east-west axis, and the north and south are symmetrical. The gate of Versailles is made of gold and black iron, and there is a statue of Louis XIV in the middle of the yard. In the middle of the palace is the royal palace, bedroom, living room, dining room, studio, conference room, recreation room and promenade, and in the north is the royal church and opera house. The intrauterine mirror gallery is 73m, with a width of10m and a height of13m. On one side, there are arched windows with a height of 17, and on the other side, there are 17 large mirrors consisting of 400 mirrors. At the top are 9 giant oil paintings and 18 round colored paintings. The interior decoration of the palace is very distinctive, inlaid with marble, with carvings, tapestries and oil paintings. All the furniture in the hall is carved with precious wood. Versailles used to be the hunting castle of King Louis XIII of France. Later, his son Louis XIV spent 29 years and devoted all his manpower and material resources to transforming and expanding it into a palace on the original swamp land, and moved here to work. In order to build the palace, Louis XIV ordered people to transport a large amount of soil from all over the country to fill the foundation and move the forest out. Several rivers were diverted, and huge pumps were built to pump the Seine River to a height of150m, and fountains were built. The interior decoration of the palace has been carefully polished and carved by famous French architects, painters, sculptors, gardeners, craftsmen and tens of thousands of people around the clock. The project started at 1662 and ended at 17 10. In fact, it took nearly 50 years for this project to be finally completed. After the completion of the Palace of Versailles, French celebrities and aristocrats drank and had fun all night, which was an insidious strategy of Louis XIV to eliminate the feudal aristocratic foundation against the royal family politically and economically, but it also led to the outbreak of the French Revolution and the collapse of the Bourbon Dynasty. The main attractions of Versailles Palace are mainly composed of Trianon Palace and the amusement village specially built for the Queen. In the gradually built cities around Versailles, we can still see many historical sites left by that era. Today, centuries later, they are still telling people vividly about their past glory. The garden of Versailles Palace is located on the west side of the palace. It is divided into three parts from south to north, with flower beds in the north and a pool in the middle. Happy Valley, fountains, pools, rivers, rockeries, flower beds and pavilions make the gardens of Versailles a masterpiece of European classical garden art ... Versailles was originally built by Louis XIII for hunting and began to be built when Louis XIV was in power. 166 1 commencement, 1689 completion. The main body of the palace is 707 meters long and has more than 700 rooms, with the uterus in the middle and the palace, offices, theaters and churches on the wings. Indoor floors and walls are inlaid with marble and decorated with carvings and oil paintings. The mirror hall in the middle is what distinguishes Versailles from other palaces. It is 73m long,100m wide and12.3m high. This basement is a huge oil painting by Vaux-le-Vicomte. On one side of the corridor is a 17 floor mirror, which is composed of 483 lenses and reflects the blue sky and green trees outside, giving people a unique perspective. There are statues of Roman emperors and ancient gods on both sides of the hall, with 3 rows of hanging candlesticks, 32 candlesticks and 8 tall candlesticks that can hold 150 candles. After specular reflection, 3000 candlesticks can be formed, which makes the whole hall shine brilliantly. On the central axis of Versailles and its garden-Ladona Pool Garden, there are two famous pools: Ladona Pool and Apollo Pool. It is said that the designers and sculptors of the pool are inspired by the fairy tale "deformation" and tell people beautiful myths and legends through sculpture. Legend has it that Radona, the mother of Apollo and Di Anna, the sun god, was cursed by Jupiter's wife and stayed by the pond in Li Xi during her tired wandering, but the farmers not only refused to let her drink water to quench her thirst, but also polluted the water. Radona turned them into frogs in a rage. The statue of Radona, built in 1670, stands on a rock, facing the palace, surrounded by six castor silkworms that have become frogs. It was redesigned between 1687- 1689. In the pool, a five-story concentric pyramid-shaped statue of Radona holds up her son and daughter and is turned into a frog by a castor seed. Water sprinkled on people will turn blasphemers into beasts and insects. Versailles Garden is almost the largest palace garden in the world, and its luxury is almost comparable to Versailles. Designed by Lenotel. The park covers an area of 6.7 hectares and its longitudinal axis is 3 kilometers long. The roads, trees, pools, pavilions, flower beds and fountains in the park are all geometric figures, with unified long and short axes, facing the scenery, and the buildings are uniform, showing strong artificial gouges, which also reflects Louis XIV's pursuit and norms of monarchy and order. The roads in the park are spacious, the trees are shaded, and the lawn trees are neatly trimmed; Fountains can be seen everywhere, and sculptures abound, mostly beautiful myths or legends. Large and small canals with the length and width of 1650m and 62m, and the width of 1070m and 80m are criss-crossed, which adds a lot of humanistic colors and lacks some natural flavor to the royal gardens. Versailles Garden is an outstanding representative of French classical gardens.