The Palace of Versailles, known as château de Versailles in French, is a paragon of Baroque architecture that once served as a royal residence and the de facto capital of France—but its ...

There are actually two palaces here – separated by an ornate 17th-century French-style garden – which some say are among the best examples of Baroque architecture in the world. Formerly home ...

Originally constructed from 1696 as a grand hunting lodge, Schönbrunn Palace later became ... Louis XIV of France's palace at Versailles. One of the finest baroque palaces in Europe, Schönbrunn ...