Treasure Hunt All over the World

Chapter 1393 The Palace of Jealousy

Eleven in the morning, Palace of Versailles.

Ye Tian and his convoy drove from the city of Paris to this huge palace complex located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris. They were going to visit this famous palace and appreciate the antique artworks displayed here!

The Palace of Versailles, located in the town of Versailles, the capital of the Evelyn province on the southwestern outskirts of Paris, France, is one of the famous palaces in Paris and one of the five largest palaces in the world.

The other four palaces with the same name are the Forbidden City in Beijing, Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, the White House in the United States, and the Kremlin in Russia.

This famous palace complex was built in 1624 by Louis XIII, father of the then French King and Sun King Louis XIV.

At the beginning of its establishment, the Palace of Versailles was just a hunting palace of Louis XIII. There was only one red brick building with a total height of two floors and a total of 26 rooms upstairs and downstairs!

In 1643, Louis XIV, who was only five years old, came to the throne. After he got married in 1664, he decided to move the palace to Versailles, that is, to build the palace on the basis of the hunting lodge built by Louis XIII.

In the following decades, Louis XIV spared no expense in building this huge palace.

In 1688, the main building of the Palace of Versailles was completed, and in 1710, the construction of the entire Palace of Versailles and gardens was completed.

So far, the Palace of Versailles has become the largest, most majestic, and most luxurious palace building in Europe, and it has also become the center of aristocratic activities, art centers, and the birthplace of culture and fashion in France and Europe.

Later, after continuous expansion, today, the Palace of Versailles is a huge palace complex with 2,300 rooms, 67 staircases, and 5,210 pieces of furniture, ranking among the five largest palaces in the world!

From Louis XIV until Louis XVI was dragged into the city of Paris by the revolutionary Parisians, the Palace of Versailles was the seat of the French Bourbon royal court for 107 years.

In 1789, the history of Versailles as a royal palace came to an end.

During the horror period of the French Revolution that followed, the Palace of Versailles was looted many times by the people. The furniture, murals, tapestries, chandeliers and furnishings displayed in the palace were looted, and the doors and windows of the palace were smashed and demolished.

In 1793, all the remaining works of art and furniture in the Palace of Versailles were transported to the Louvre. Since then, the Palace of Versailles has been reduced to ruins for forty years.

It was not until 1833 that King Louis Philippe of the Orleans dynasty ordered the restoration of the Palace of Versailles.

Change it to a history museum.

The place where Ye Tian and the others got off the car was on a street next to the Palace of Versailles. It was a public parking lot in front of an annex building of the Palace of Versailles.

When you get off from here, you can only see a corner of the Palace of Versailles, but you can't see the whole picture, and you can't immediately feel the grandeur and shock of this world-famous palace.

After getting off the car, Ye Tian and the others began to walk forward, walking towards the corner of the street not far ahead, and turning the corner in front of them, they could see the entire Palace of Versailles and the beautiful scenery of the gardens of Versailles.

Around Ye Tian and the others, Matisse and many security personnel had dispersed, watching the surrounding situation vigilantly, ready to respond at any time.

A little far behind, there are those Paris policemen in plain clothes, following step by step, staring at Ye Tian and the others in front, not daring to relax for a moment!

With the appearance of Ye Tian and the others, this public parking lot, and even this street dominated by Baroque style buildings immediately caused a commotion.

The tourists who happened to be here, as well as the pedestrians on the street, were all watching Ye Tian and the others, and the voices of whispered discussions could be heard everywhere!

"I'm going! Why did Steven come to the Palace of Versailles? This scene is too exaggerated. Even if the President of the United States came to visit the Palace of Versailles, the battle would be nothing more than that!

Fortunately, this is the Palace of Versailles, not the Saint-Ouen antique flea market, or galleries and antique shops, so don't worry about Steven looting the palace madly! "

"Have you heard! This bastard Steven picked up a Gauguin masterpiece in Barbizon yesterday, worth at least tens of millions of euros. The news has spread all over France and caused a huge sensation!

This bastard is extremely lucky, God seems to be with him forever, loves this guy so much, all good things happen to him, and the whole of Paris is almost swept away by him! "

Ye Tian didn't pay attention to the voices of discussion that kept coming to his ears. Instead, he enjoyed the feeling of being regarded as a celebrity and being under the spotlight. It was really cool!

During the walk, he always had a bright smile on his face, and he kept saying hello to pedestrians, tourists, and staff on both sides of the street, nodding his head gently, and his performance was impeccable!

Seeing his performance like a spring breeze, people on the street couldn't help being very surprised, and even wondered if they were dazzled!

Is this still the Stephen who is known for his ruthlessness and is hated by countless people to the point of gnashing his teeth? This is clearly a modest gentleman. Could it be that the rumors I heard before are all false?

While nodding to the pedestrians and tourists on the street and showing his demeanor, Ye Tian did not forget to introduce the scenery on this street and the buildings on both sides of the street to Betty and the others!

"These buildings should have been built at the end of the seventeenth century. They are Baroque-style buildings, which evolved from Renaissance buildings and were a very popular architectural style at that time.

Baroque architectural style is characterized by freedom of shape, pursuit of dynamics, preference for rich decoration and sculpture, strong colors, frequently interspersed curved surfaces, and oval spaces.

As far as architectural art is concerned, Baroque architecture is considered a deviant architectural style, which is quite different from the classical style architecture of the Palace of Versailles, but it is beautiful! "

"These buildings on both sides of the street are indeed very beautiful and dizzying! It's a pity that they are already a little mottled and old. You can imagine how gorgeous and dazzling they were when they were just built!"

Betty said with emotion, she raised her head slightly and admired the beautiful buildings on both sides of the street.

Ye Tian also raised his head slightly, admiring the buildings on both sides of the street, but what he saw was much more than Betty and the others!

At this time, he has secretly turned on the perspective, his sight penetrates the wall, and he can see clearly the situation inside the buildings on both sides of the street, without missing anything!

The three-story building on the left was built in the late seventeenth century. It should be an office building. There are some staff in it, drinking coffee, talking and laughing one by one. The work efficiency can be imagined!

Besides, in this building, Ye Tian also saw some antique artworks.

Among them are paintings, sculptures, and other objects with decorative functions, but they are not of much value and are not worth paying attention to, let alone impressing Ye Tian!

The building next to the Palace of Versailles on the right should be a warehouse, in which there are many books in different categories, covering architecture, art, history, science and other fields.

Those books were published in different years, from the mid-to-late seventeenth century to modern times, there are books from all eras, and there are so many books!

In those books, Ye Tian really found some pretty good ancient books and manuscripts, which radiate dazzling light, and you can even see several layers of charming halos!

But it is a pity that they are all books in the Palace of Versailles, and it is basically impossible to get them!

For Ye Tian, ​​breaking into this building in the dark and taking those ancient books and manuscripts into his pocket is easy, but Ye Tian disdains the behavior of a gentleman on the beam!

After introducing the baroque buildings on both sides of the street, Ye Tian began to introduce the history and origin of the Palace of Versailles to Betty and the others!

"In the middle of the seventeenth century, due to the constant riots of Parisians against the royal family, the whole of Paris was very chaotic and noisy, so Louis XIV moved the idea of ​​​​moving the royal court out of Paris.

In 1660, Louis XIV was invited to visit the Viscount Castle of Fouquet, the Minister of Finance, and visited the Viscount Castle known as the "Wau Palace". He was deeply impressed by its magnificence and exquisite luxury!

At that time, the French royal family lived in the dilapidated Fontainebleau Palace and Vercennes Palace. None of the royal family's suburban palaces could be compared with the 'Wau Palace'!

Perhaps because of jealousy, Louis XIV was so angry that he did not fulfill his duties. He imprisoned Fouquet in the Bastille for embezzlement, and ordered Le Nôtre, the designer of the Palace of Vaux, and Le Vau, the architect, to design a new palace for him.

This is why Louis XIV built the Palace of Versailles, a magnificent and world-famous palace, which can be said to be the product of jealousy, and it is quite interesting! "

While talking, Ye Tian and the others had already walked to the corner of the street, and the huge square in front of the Palace of Versailles immediately appeared in front of their eyes!

When they turned the corner, the Palace of Versailles, one of the five largest palaces in the world, immediately came into their sight!

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