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The Palace of Versailles — a modest hunting lodge

Versailles Quick Facts * In 1624, Louis XIII, the king of France, began the building of a hunting lodge in the small village of Versailles * There are 18,000 square meters of history in the Palace of Versailles * Versailles is half an hour by rail from the Gare St Lazarre station in Paris The …

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