RMN (Palace of Versailles)/Gérard Blot
The Basin of Latona.
The Palace of Versailles served as France’s seat of government for just a century: Louis XIV moved his court there in 1682, there was a short break during Louis XV’s childhood and, in 1789, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were driven out by the swelling revolution. Yet ever since, in its various guises of museum, ceremonial court and tourist attraction, the palace â&#… (View original article)