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The Palace of Versailles — Royal residence built around Louis XIII’s hunting lodge, seat of the court from 1682 to 1789
Louis XIII’s hunting lodge enveloped in the 1660s by Le Vau, then enlarged by Hardouin-Mansart, who lodged the Hall of Mirrors there and raised the North and South wings; Le Nôtre designed its gardens, Gabriel built the Royal Opera there in the next century. The court moved in in 1682 and, but for the years of the Regency, stayed until the October days of 1789. (Editorial synthesis)
The Palace of Versailles is located in Versailles. (source: Larousse)
Recorded author of the Palace of Versailles: Hardouin-Mansart.
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