Versailles found its stately mirror in the powerful idea of classicism – a painting style, enduring in later artists like Ingres, whose austerity and grandeur express the authority of a world where Jove is very much in his throne.

If she is accompanied by a deer, as in the Diana of Versailles ( illustration, above right ) this is because Diana was the patroness of hunting.

What became of it is unclear, and Neutral Moresnet was annexed to Belgium in the Treaty of Versailles, 1919.

The March to Versailles is but one example of feminist militant activism during the French Revolution.

On 18 January 1871, the German Empire is proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles.

* 1939 – Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison

* 1871 – Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles ( France ) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War.

* 1910 – The ocean liner, later known as the " Versailles of the Atlantic ", is launched.

In after-dinner conversation at his home near Versailles, Laboulaye, an ardent supporter of the Union in the American Civil War, is supposed to have said: " If a monument should rise in the United States, as a memorial to their independence, I should think it only natural if it were built by united effort — a common work of both our nations.

Versailles () is a city in the Yvelines département in Île-de-France region, word-widely renowned for its château, the Château de Versailles and the gardens of Versailles, designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Located in the western suburbs of the French capital, from the centre of Paris, Versailles is in the 21st century a wealthy suburb of Paris with a service based economy and a major touristic destination as well.

The etymology of Versailles is clear that the argument tends to privilege the Latin word versare, meaning " to keep turning, turn over and over ", expression used in medieval times for plowed lands, cleared lands ( lands that had been repeatedly " turned over ").

Versailles is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese ( bishopric ) which was created in 1790.

The diocese of Versailles is subordinate to the archdiocese of Paris.

The académie de Versailles, the largest of France's thirty académies by its number of pupils and students, is in charge of supervising all the elementary schools and high schools of the western suburbs of Paris.

Versailles is also an important node for the French army, a tradition going back to the monarchy with, for instance, the military camp of Satory and other institutions.

Versailles is located west-southwest from the centre of Paris ( as the crow flies ).

The city ( commune ) of Versailles has an area of 26. 18 km² ( 10. 11 sq mi, or 6, 469 acres ), which is a quarter of the area of the city of Paris.

After that, Versailles was never again the seat of the capital of France, but the presence of the French Parliament there in the 1870s left a vast hall built in one aisle of the palace which is still used by the French Parliament when it meets in Congress to amend the French Constitution, as well as when the French president addresses the two chambers of the French Parliament.

Versailles is a chic suburb of Paris well linked with the center of Paris by several train lines.

Versailles has historically maintained a small police force, which in January 2009 had a strength of three full-time officers and was supplemented with a number of part-time officers.

This was known as the Knox – Porter Resolution ; subsequent Peace treaties were signed with both countries and Ratified by the Senate and signed by Harding on July 21, 1921 ; that officially ended World War I for the U. S. The Senate had refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles in both 1919 and 1920 because it required the U. S. to endorse the League of Nations.

The palace complex with gardens, pavillons, sculptures, outbuildings and other structures and the city with churches, city hall and monastery, all built almost at the same time according to French models was the reason why the city was known in the eighteenth century as Versailles of Podlaskie ().

Freedom to worship and civil rights for non-Catholics in France were not restored until the signing of the Edict of Versailles, also known as the Edict of Tolerance, by Louis XVI 102 years later, on 7 November 1787.

Among the major events of Louis XVI's reign was his signing of the Edict of Versailles, also known as the Edict of Tolerance, on 7 November 1787, which was registered in the parlement on 29 January 1788.

* Pierre Puvis de Chavannes — Young Girls by the Seaside, The Young Mother also known as Charity, View on the Château de Versailles and the Orangerie

Louis XVII ( Versailles 27 March 1785 – Paris 8 June 1795 ), from birth to 1789 known as Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy ; then from 1789 to 1791 as Louis-Charles, Dauphin of France ; and from 1791 to 1792 as Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France, was the second son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette.

For example, the Château de Versailles is so called because it was located in the countryside when it was built, but it does not bear any resemblance to a castle, so it is usually known in English as the Palace of Versailles.

Louis Stanislas commissioned a pavilion for his mistress on a parcel that became known as the Parc Balbi, near the Pièce d ’ eau des Suisses and the Potager du Roi at Versailles.

Versailles is also known for hosting its yearly Poultry Days festival on the second full weekend of June.

An area of North Versailles ( Allequippa Grove, later known as North McKeesport and Highland Grove ) was annexed by the city of McKeesport.

Early in its history, South Versailles contained three villages known as Coulter, Emblem, and Osceola.

It is known as the " Little Versailles in Mecklenburg ".

She was one of the most popular Japanese comic artists in the 1970s, being best known for The Rose of Versailles.

Her most famous manga is The Rose of Versailles also known as Lady Oscar in Europe.

The Belgian Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier, known as a brave patriot during German occupation but also famous for his anti-German propaganda, was to have been elevated by Benedict XV, who allegedly praised the Treaty of Versailles, which humiliated the Germans.

He is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles.

A few months later he became better known, when the Estates-General of 1789 convened at the Palace of Versailles for 5 May 1789, and Barnave was chosen to be a deputy of the Third Estate for his native province of Dauphiné.

Notably, Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles, which would become known as the War Guilt Clause, assigned full responsibility for the war and its damages to Germany.

Large diagonal squares known as parquet de Versailles were introduced in 1684, as parquet de menuiserie (" woodwork parquet "), to replace the marble flooring that required constant washing, which tended to rot the joists beneath the floors.

The Tokaji wine was served at the French Royal court at Versailles, where it became known as Tokay.

This was known as the war-guilt clause that was included in the final Treaty of Versailles.