Versailles

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Plaza approaching the Palace

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Jim closest to foreground on the left. Amazing cloud formations on this Sunday. French citizens pay $E on last Sunday of every month.

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Amazing ceiling frescoes.

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Beautiful window light.

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Altar and pipe organ in round chapel.

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Grand oil canvases everywhere! Intarsia inlaid ebony cabinets.

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

All this opulence! No wonder there was a French Revolution!

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Hall of Mirrors and this was a crowd of non-Summer folks but likely many of them were French ~ free admission day

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Marble and gilt everywhere you look!

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Amazing detailing.

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

More opulence!

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Especially loved this round canvas.

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Bedroom of Marie Antoinette. Palace was built starting in 1623 and continued to be expanded until the 1680s.

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Pretty grand!

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Royal chambers.

Joanne • 05 Apr, 2026

Marie herself ~ let them eat cake!

Joanne • 06 Apr, 2026

Almost 9 foot by 7.5 foot framed woven tapestry of Napoleon commissioned by him in 1805 and woven from 1808 to 1811.

Joanne • 06 Apr, 2026

Napoleon ~ Very into imagery

Joanne • 06 Apr, 2026

And again, captured in marble.

Joanne • 06 Apr, 2026

Gardens closest to the palace.

Joanne • 06 Apr, 2026

Taken out a window showing amazing cloud formations on the day, September 21, 2025

Joanne • 06 Apr, 2026

And again from the bridge.

Joanne • 06 Apr, 2026

Enormous scale and this is only the smaller area to the rear looking left from the palace bridge.

Joanne • 06 Apr, 2026

The path down to the floating ponds, a lovely long walk!

Joanne • 06 Apr, 2026

As we sat on a limestone bench eating our croissants and sharing the crumbs with a very polite pigeon at our feet to just take it all in.

Joanne • 06 Apr, 2026

The fountain in a still moment. Most of the time it was flowing! Have that in a video but the still photo is nice to see

Joanne • 06 Apr, 2026

The walk from the fountain area back towards the rear of the palace shows the enormity of the building.