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- Turenne
- The Grand Palais & Pont Alexandre III
- The Paris landmark
- Notre Dame in all its glory
- Versailles, the town
- A view of Paris from Notre Dame
- Versailles garden
- Dogs with their kill
- Fountain at the Versailles Palace
- View from the Eiffel Tower
- Napoleon's tomb
- Houseboats on the Seine
- Taking time for each other
- Oo la la!
- A lively discussion
- Main altar - front view - l'Eglise du Dome
- l'Eglise du dome in vintage form
- Castel Cafe
- Main altar at l'Eglise du Dome
- l'Eglise du Dome
- The Sun King - Versailles
- Opera House
- Le Pensevr by Rodin
- Locals watching the tourists watch the locals
- Sun flare on the Eiffel Tower
- Street scene, looking toward Place Vendome
- Palais de Versailles candlelabra
- The Hilton Paris which is no more
- Palais de Versailles
- La Tour Eiffel at night
- Souvenier shopping on the Champs-Elysees
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6 comments:
I wonder what it would cost re-create Versailles and everything in it.
I don't think there's enough money in all of France to do that!
No kidding, Jacob!
Even modern socialist states couldn't get away with the level of taxation Louis Quatorze used to finance his reign. He WAS the STATE. When he wanted to go to Versailles from le Louvre, the entire government went with him. Or if he wanted to go to Fontainebleu, the entire government went with him. That's why, at Fontainebleu, for example, there are more than 1,000 rooms...
It is really incredible! I know we were literally stunned by Versailles...I mean it is a gorgeous place, but my god, how did they ever justify the expense...I suppose they felt they were ordained by god to rule so it was their right to live like the gods.
Didn't Versailles play a significant role as a cause of the revolution?
That's my understanding...very high taxes used to pay for the extravagance that was and is Versailles...that's why the protesters grabbed Marie Antoinette - she was a symbol of that extravagance and the royalty who treated the common people like dirt.
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