Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles is a château and historic monument in in the department of France, southwest of Paris. It served as the principal residence of the French kings Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 9:00 AM–6:30 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: palace in Versailles, France and location of the Museum of the History of France
  • Also known as: “Castello di Versailles”, “Chateau de Versailles”, “France. Chateau Versailles”, “grad Versailes”, “palača Versailles”, “palais de Versailles”, “Palais de Versailles”, “Palais du Versailles”, “Palazzo di Versailles”, “Palazzo reale di Versailles”, “Solkungens slott”, “Versailles Castle”, “Versailles Palace”, “Versailles palats”, “Versailles slott”, “Versailles. Chateau”, “Versailles. Château”, “Versailles. Palais”, “Versalis”, “Παλάτι των Βερσαλλιών”, “Дворец и парк в Версале”, “История Версаля”, “قصر فيرساي”, and “ベルサイユ宮殿”
  • Address: Place d’Armes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Queen’s Grand Apartment and King’s Grand Apartment.

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The grand appartement de la reine is the Queen's grand apartment of the Palace of Versailles.

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The grand appartement du roi is the King's grand apartment of the Palace of Versailles.

Museum
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The Musée de l'Histoire de France is a museum which…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Notre-Dame and Quartier Saint-Louis, Versailles.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Locality
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The is a rustic retreat in the park…

Palace of Versailles

Latitude
48.80478° or 48° 48′ 17″ north
Longitude
2.12042° or 2° 7′ 14″ east
Elevation
152 metres (499 feet)
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
8FW4R43C+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4265122872
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
6284980
Wiki­data ID
Q2946
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Palace of Versailles” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Paleis van Versailles”
  • Arabic: “قصر فرساي”
  • Armenian: “Վերսալի պալատ”
  • Asturian: “Palaciu de Versalles”
  • Azerbaijani: “Versal sarayı”
  • Balinese: “Puri Versailles”
  • Basque: “Versaillesko jauregia”
  • Bavarian: “Schloss Versailles”
  • Belarusian: “Версаль”
  • Belarusian: “Вэрсальскі палац”
  • Bengali: “ভার্সাই প্রাসাদ”
  • Bosnian: “Dvorac Versailles”
  • Bosnian: “Versajski dvorac”
  • Breton: “Kastell Versailhez”
  • Buginese: “Versailles”
  • Bulgarian: “Версайски дворец”
  • Burmese: “ဗယ်ရ်ဆာယီ နန်းတော်”
  • Burmese: “ဗာဆိုင်းနန်းတော်”
  • Catalan: “palau de Versalles”
  • Catalan: “Palau de Versalles”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆشکی ڤێرسای”
  • Chinese: “凡尔赛宫”
  • Chinese: “凡爾賽宮”
  • Chuvash: “Версаль”
  • Cornish: “Palys Versailles”
  • Croatian: “Dvorac Versailles”
  • Czech: “Versailles”
  • Danish: “Château de Versailles”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Versailles”
  • Dzongkha: “ཝར་སའི་ཕོ་བྲང་”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قصر فرساى”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo de Versailles”
  • Estonian: “Versailles‘ loss”
  • Estonian: “Versailles’ loss”
  • Finnish: “Versailles’n palatsi”
  • French: “château de Versailles”
  • French: “Château de Versailles”
  • Galician: “Palacio de Versalles”
  • Georgian: “ვერსალის სასახლე”
  • German: “Schloss Versailles”
  • Greek: “Ανάκτορο των Βερσαλλιών”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון ורסאי”
  • Hindi: “वर्साय का महल”
  • Hindi: “वेर्साय का महल”
  • Hungarian: “versailles-i kastély”
  • Hungarian: “Versailles-i kastély”
  • Icelandic: “Versalahöll”
  • Ido: “Palaco di Versailles”
  • Ido: “Versailles-palaco”
  • Inari Sami: “Versailles paalaac”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Versailles”
  • Indonesian: “Palace of Versailles”
  • Interlingua: “Palatio de Versailles”
  • Irish: “Pálás Versailles”
  • Italian: “Reggia di Versailles”
  • Japanese: “ヴェルサイユ宮殿”
  • Javanese: “Istana Versailles”
  • Javanese: “Kastil Versailles”
  • Jèrriais: “Câtel de Versâles”
  • Korean: “베르사유궁”
  • Korean: “베르샤유 궁전”
  • Lao: “ພະລາຊະວັງແວກໄຊ”
  • Latin: “Castellum Versaliense”
  • Latvian: “Versaļas pils”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Versailles”
  • Literary Chinese: “凡爾賽宮”
  • Lithuanian: “Versalio rūmai”
  • Low German: “Slott Versailles”
  • Luxembourgish: “Schlass vu Versailles”
  • Macedonian: “Версај”
  • Malay: “Château de Versailles”
  • Malay: “Istana Versailles”
  • Malayalam: “വെഴ്സായ് കൊട്ടാരം”
  • Maltese: “Palazz ta‘ Versailles”
  • Maltese: “Palazz ta’ Versailles”
  • Marathi: “व्हर्सायचा राजवाडा”
  • Mazanderani: “ورسای کوشک”
  • Mingrelian: “ვერსალიშ დოხორე”
  • Mongolian: “Версаль”
  • Neapolitan: “Reggia ‘e Versailles”
  • Neapolitan: “Reggia ’e Versailles”
  • Newari: “भर्सायया लाय्कू”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Slottet i Versailles”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Slottet i Versailles”
  • Norwegian: “Slottet i Versailles”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Castèl de Versalhas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Castèth de Versalhas”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੈਲੇਸ ਆਫ ਵਰਸਾਈ”
  • Persian: “کاخ ورسای”
  • Picard: “Catieu Versailles”
  • Polish: “Pałac wersalski”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio de Versailles”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio de Versalhes”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Versailles”
  • Russian: “Версаль”
  • Russian: “Версальский дворец”
  • Scots: “Pailace o Versailles”
  • Scots: “Palace o Versailles”
  • Serbian: “Версајски дворац”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dvorac Versailles”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Versajski dvorac”
  • Slovak: “Zámok Versailles”
  • Slovenian: “Versajska palača”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Versalles”
  • Swedish: “Slottet i Versailles”
  • Tagalog: “Palasyo ng Versailles”
  • Tamil: “வெர்சாய் அரண்மனை”
  • Tamil: “வெர்செயில்ஸ் அரண்மனை”
  • Tatar: “Версаль”
  • Telugu: “వెర్సైల్లెస్ ప్యాలెస్”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังแวร์ซาย”
  • Tibetan: “ཝེ་ཧི་ས་ཡེ་ཕོ་བྲང་།”
  • Turkish: “Versay Sarayı”
  • Uighur: “ۋېرسال سارىيى”
  • Ukrainian: “Версальський палац”
  • Urdu: “ویغسائی محل”
  • Uzbek: “Versal saroyi”
  • Venetian: “Reja de Versailles”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung điện Versailles”
  • Walloon: “Tchestea d‘ Versailles”
  • Walloon: “Tchestea d’ Versailles”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Palasyo han Versailles”
  • Welsh: “Palas Versailles”
  • Western Armenian: “Վերսայի պալատը”
  • Western Armenian: “Վերսայի Պալատը”
  • Western Panjabi: “ورسائی”
  • Wu Chinese: “凡尔赛宫”
  • Yakut: “Версаль сарайа”
  • Yue Chinese: “凡爾賽宮”

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