The Palace of Versailles is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the French Third Republic and its institutional role with the opening to the public of the Congress Hall, the ...

The Palace of Versailles, known as château de Versailles in French, is a paragon of Baroque architecture that once served as a royal residence and the de facto capital of France—but its ...

Exceptionally, from February 15 to the end of September 2025, the Château de Versailles is opening up areas usually closed to ...

Siegel first began construction on the sprawling home in 2004 Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers entertainment and human interest stories.

Laura French The Château de Versailles, the sprawling palace and former seat of power, is located 10 miles southwest of Paris in Versailles. Every year, nearly 10 million travelers make the trek ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

That said, if I had the chance to curate such a show, I would dedicate one of the galleries to a reproduction of a palace room of Versailles, complete with paneled walls, gilding and paintings.