The world inventions; The Palace of Versailles nearby the center of Paris!
We can see the Palace of Versailles when coming to Paris, and it is located in the southwest part of Paris, and it is around 20 kilometers from the capital in France.
The Palace of Versailles has been listed as a World Heritage Site for 40 years and is one of the greatest achievements in French 17th century art. Louis XIII's old hunting pavilion was transformed and extended by his son, Louis XIV, when he installed the Court and government there in 1682. And Louis XIV was also called for «the Sun King” since everything and everyone revolved around him.
It was a small country residence and, according to the Maréchal de Bassompierre, “a mere gentleman would not have been overly proud of the construction.” Louis XIII decided to rebuild it in 1631. Construction continued until 1634 and laid the basis of the Palace we know today. When did they get the Palace of Versailles to be completely finished as a building project? In 1661, Louis XIV commissioned André Le Nôtre to design and layout the intricate grounds – a project that took forty years to complete. Just 20 km from the centre of Paris, the Palace has become a UNESCO World Heritage site and for good reason – in 2017 alone, the Versailles received an incredible 7,700,000 visitors. Louis XIV's enormous and stylish palace was completed 21 years after it was begun in 1661, and hence it was completed in 1682, and it became known and famous for the whole world. And «The Playroom» is especially known and popular with Versailles. And Louis XIV was French king from 1643 to 1715, and during his period of government he made France as the pioneering country in taste and culture in Europe, and these things have characterized France ever since. And the government can be right or wrong in their perception and of defining what the core values and the extended values should be within a nation and across nations.
Over 35,000 workers helped build the Palace in the Île-de-France region of France on the outskirts of Paris. There are more than 700 rooms, including 1,200 fireplaces and 60 staircases in the Palace of Versailles. In today's money it would have cost roughly $2 billion to build. So, it is a big building!
There is a water system outside the building and the palace in Versailles. How do they get all this water to fill the water system during a day? Water for Versailles was taken from the Seine, raised, and distributed by high stone aqueducts and pipes. Pump power was provided by 14 water wheels, each 12 meters in diameter, driving a total of 257 pumps.
Perfected by the Francine family, the famous fountain-makers to Louis XIV, the sheer range of water effects at Versailles was unparalleled: hoses, jets, whirlpools, waterfalls, pools, chasms, and more. The choice of shapes, heights and number of water jets tells the tale of each fountain. And the multiple sounds produced by them – sometimes complemented by decorative items – convey the intense emotions specific to each theme. For example, at the Enceladus Fountain, power and strength are conveyed by large sprays gushing out, evoking the roar of the eponymous giant.
The first Versailles “Fountains Shows” were held on 27 April 1666. The show involved opening all the fountains simultaneously, or at least at the same time that the Sun King passed by them, a moment that was signalled using a whistle. The water system outside the palace in Versailles is using so much water that they are just using the water system during a day through the year.
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