HERITAGE RECORD · 083

Palace and Park of Versailles

凡尔赛宫及其园林

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI. Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors, decorators and landscape architects, it provided Europe with a model of the ideal royal residence for over a century.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ2946 ↗

Inception1661

Area67000 ha

Administrative areaQ621

ArchitectQ310530 · Q1270258 · Q8053 · Q273849 · Q271676 · Q568839 · Q352451

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

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