Palace of Versailles was the official residence of the kings of France from 1682 until 1790. Originally a hunting lodge, built in 1624, by Louis XIII. It was expanded by Louis XIV began in 1669. He used it as a small cottage as a secret refuge for romantic trysts with the lovely Louise de la Valliere and built a fairy tale park around it. Jules Hardouin Mansart, the king's principal architect, draw plans to enlarge what changed more and more into the palaces of the Thousand and One Nights. Terrace overlooking the gardens was removed to make way for the magnificent Hall of Mirrors, which Galarie de Glaces. It is here from which the king radiated power and where the fate of Europe was decided over a century. French classical architecture is equipped with a spacious garden.
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