French Baroque architecture
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French Baroque architecture, referred to as Classicism in France and more broadly in stylistic analysis when contrasted to its European Baroque counterparts, was a style of architecture that marked th
Palace of Versailles
Château de Maisons-Laffitte by François Mansart, (1630–51)
Palais du Luxembourg by Salomon de Brosse (1615–1620)
Vaux-le-Vicomte near Paris, by Louis Le Vau and André Le Nôtre, (1656-1661)
Palace of Versailles
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The Palace of Versailles is a château and historic monument in Versailles in the Yvelines department of France, southwest of Paris. It served as the principal residence of the French kings Louis XIV,
French Baroque architecture
…to symbolize the power and grandeur of the King. Notable examples of French Classicism include the east façade of the Louvre, the Grand Trianon of the Palace of Versailles, and the dome of Les Invalides as well as the greater part of Paris architecture in the era of absolutism. In the final years of Louis XIV and the reign…
Vue aérienne du domaine de Versailles par Toucan Wings Creative Commons By Sa 3.0 081
Chateau Versailles Galerie des Glaces
Versailles in 1668, painted by Pierre Patel
Le Vau's garden façade around 1675