Versailles,France,...... Hazel, Randall & Me 1983

Palace and Park of Versailles*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
State Party	France
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, vi
Reference	83
Region**	Europe
Inscription history
Inscription	2008 (3rd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. ** Region as classified by UNESCO.

Statistical Information on the Palace of Versailles
Surface area of roofing	11 hectares
Floor space	51,210 m2
Number of windows	2,153
Number of rooms	700
Staircases	67
Paintings in the museum’s collection	6,123
Drawings in museum’s collection	1,500
Engravings in museum’s collection	15,034
Sculptures in museum’s collection	2,102
Pieces of furniture and objets d’art	5,210
Source: Official site of the Chateau de Versailles

The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, the Île-de-France region of France. In French, it is known as the Château de Versailles.

When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris, some twenty kilometers southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.