Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 603 Versailles

Although Liang En and the others reached an agreement on the issue of inheriting the Du Lisi family within a short period of time, they decided to wait three to five days before notifying Mr. Du Lisi.

This is mainly because the matter of inheriting the title is very important no matter what, if I notify so soon, I may give the other party the feeling that I am not serious enough about this matter.

Considering that they would come back in a few days, Liang En and the others didn't plan to go home now, but planned to stay in Paris for a few days and visit the surrounding scenery by the way.

Although the law and order in Paris is often criticized, the overall situation of those well-known tourist attractions is not that bad. After all, these places are not only the facade of France, but also bring a lot of income to France, so the overall situation here is good.

A key travel destination is the world-famous Palace of Versailles, which is located in the town of Versailles, 18 kilometers southwest of Paris, and is one of the five largest palaces in the world.

Because it is the end of the year and there is no Christmas, it is considered an off-season for tourism, so as soon as they arrived at the parking lot, they found that the car park was not very full.

Of course, this dissatisfaction is not that there are not many people, but that compared with a tourist attraction of the nature of the Palace of Versailles, the number of people is far from meeting expectations.

Fortunately, the entrance fee for this kind of museum is not very high, each person only needs 15 euros. After buying the entrance ticket, you will pass through the golden iron fence and enter the scope of the Palace of Versailles.

The first impression of this palace is luxury. Whether it is the gate, the roof or the railings of the balcony, it is a dazzling golden color, which is very luxurious with the blue roof and white marble carvings.

After entering the palace, Joan looked around curiously, because the palace was built about 230 years after her sacrifice, so she had never heard of this palace, which can now be regarded as a representative building of France .

"Actually, there is another story about the establishment of this palace—" Liang En began to introduce the story about the establishment of this palace when the two passed through the small square at the intersection of the palace.

The establishment of the Palace of Versailles is related to a trip of the French king. In 1660, the French king Louis XIV visited the Vaux Viscount Castle of Fugue, the Minister of Finance, and was impressed by the magnificence of its houses and gardens. At that time, the royal family had no other palaces outside Paris. can be compared with it.

Therefore, Louis XIV was angry that he did not fulfill his duties, put Fugue into the Bastille for embezzlement, and ordered Lenotre, the designer of the Viscount Vaux Castle, and Le Vau, the famous architect, to design a new palace for him.

At that time, Louis XIV had decided to move the royal court out of the chaotic city of Paris due to the continuous riots of the citizens against the royal family.After investigation and weighing, he decided to build a new palace based on Louis XIII's hunting palace in Versailles, and purchased 6.7 square kilometers of land for this purpose.

In 1710, the construction of the entire Versailles palace and gardens was completed, and it immediately became the largest, most majestic, and most luxurious palace building in Europe, as well as the birthplace of aristocratic activity centers, art centers, and cultural fashions in France and Europe.

In its heyday, there were as many as 36000 princes and grandchildren, ladies, princes and nobles, bishops and their servants living in the palace.There are more than 1300 rooms in total, and the whole palace looks huge.

In order to accommodate his many "official mistresses", Louis XIV also built the Grand Trianon Palace and the Marly Palace.During the period of King Louis XV and Louis XVI, buildings such as the Petit Trianon Palace and the Swiss Farm were built.

In 1762, the French royal family moved here to settle here from the Louvre in Paris.Until October 1789, 10, Louis XVI was taken to the city of Paris by the Parisians during the French Revolution, and then pushed to the guillotine and beheaded.The history of the Palace of Versailles as the French court has come to an end.

"Obviously, this palace is not purely for enjoyment. At least as the builder, Sun King Louis X has precise rules for this palace." After listening to Liang En's introduction, Joan of Arc said seriously.

"After all, if this palace is built and all the nobles are concentrated in the palace to live in, France will be able to become a whole instead of being fragmented like in my time."

As Joan of Arc, who experienced the most desperate years in the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, sometimes, the British and the Burgundians are not the worst enemies on the surface. The real threat is those swinging power aristocrats .

This group of people has their own territory and army, so their degree of freedom is exaggerated.At any time, it is possible to jump back and forth between several forces for trivial interests.

Joan of Arc herself has encountered several inexplicable incidents in which friendly forces turned into enemy forces, so in her opinion, it is definitely worth spending such a large sum of money to solve the fragmented state of France, even if it does consume a lot of resources.

The construction of a palace like the Palace of Versailles naturally requires a lot of resources, but it is obviously much better than fighting a counter-insurgency war in a fragmented state.

No matter from which point of view, the manpower and material resources consumed by a war are far more than that of building a palace. Sometimes the seemingly extravagant expenses may not be really big expenses
Soon, Liang En and the others passed through such a not-so-small square and came to the buildings behind. The palace architecture of the Palace of Versailles was majestic, forming a symmetrical geometric pattern.

It is characterized by free shape, pursuit of dynamic effects, rich decoration and carvings, and strong colors. It can be clearly seen that curve interspersed and oval spaces are often used in the construction of palaces to change the traditional hard straight lines.

For the French royal family, their definition of the Palace of Versailles is a place where nobles can gather and relax, and this kind of place is naturally not suitable for overly serious construction.It's like wearing a dress when attending a formal occasion, but few normal people will choose to wear it when fishing.

The fact is also true, it is precisely because of these design features of this palace that it was able to attract those nobles in that era, making them willing to live here safely.

Even if these nobles were forced to live in the Palace of Versailles due to formality, because this kind of unification was not through tough means such as war, even though they were brought together, they still had to treat each other with courtesy.

However, such a magnificent building also has a bad side. For example, the result of excessive pursuit of grandeur and luxury in appearance is that the living function is extremely inconvenient.

For example, when Liang En and the others entered the famous queen's bedroom, they found that the ceiling was more than two stories high, and no matter how they looked at it, it was cold to live in.

"It feels like living in this square is no different from living in a tent in the wild." Looking at the tall ceiling, Joan shook her head, any normal person could easily tell that living here is not very comfortable.

"It's actually not the worst." Liang En shrugged with a smile. "What's worse is that there is no toilet or toilet in the palace, and there are only a handful of wooden toilets. Even the crown prince had to defecate in the fireplace in the bedroom."

"But I think it might not be a big deal to Louis XIV, because he only takes a bath once a year. It's his grandson, Louis XV, who hates the palace very much, thinking that although it is spacious and luxurious, it doesn't keep warm. This is the Palace of Versailles the disadvantages."

"It's really bad." Joan made a retching motion. "The palaces we had back then were cleaner than this."

(End of this chapter)