ÎLE-DE-FRANCE

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Date of travel September 1986

Île de France

Travel itinerary

Paris
Versailles


Paris
The Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, over the Seine.
The Hôtel de Ville (City Council)
Montmartre

 

View of Paris seen from the Eifel Tower

 

 

Chateau de Versailles

The Versailles Castle used to be the palace of the King of France and the royal family.



Photo above to the left: entrance gate to the Castle.

Photo above to the right: la Galérie des Glaces (the Glass Gallery). This was the place where the courtesans waited for the King and the royal family.
On June 28th 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Glass Gallery, ending the First World War.

Photo on the side: the splendid frescos of the Chapelle Royale devoted to Saint-Louis.

 

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