Illustration - Versailles

Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) THE CHAPEL OF THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES. AT THE END OF HIS REIGN, LOUIS XIV WANTED TO BUILD A CHAPEL WORTHY OF THE COUNTER-REFORMATION. WE OWE THIS MASTERPIECE TO MANSART. LOUIS XIV DID NOT ENTER THE BUILDING UNTIL 1710, WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED. HE WAS THEN 72 YEARS OLD. IT WAS THE LAST BUILDING CONSTRUCTED AT VERSAILLES DURING HIS REIGN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Marseille

Illustration - Marseille

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE (13). MARSEILLE. QUARTIER DU PANIER. THE HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL HAS OPEN IN 2013 IN THE HOTEL DIEU, AN OLD HOSPITAL BUILT IN 1753 BY THE ARCHITECT JACQUES HARDOUIN MANSART DE SAGONNE. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Marseille

Illustration - Marseille

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE (13). MARSEILLE. QUARTIER DU PANIER. THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL HAS OPEN IN 2013 IN THE HOTEL DIEU, AN OLD HOSPITAL BUILT IN 1753 BY THE ARCHITECT JACQUES HARDOUIN MANSART DE SAGONNE. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE - ILE DE FRANCE - YVELINES (78) - VERSAILLES: CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES: LA CHAPELLE. AT THE END OF HIS REIGN, LOUIS XIV WANTED TO BUILD A CHAPEL WORTHY OF THE COUNTER-REFORMATION. WE OWE THIS MASTERPIECE TO MANSART. LOUIS XIV DID NOT ENTER THE BUILDING UNTIL 1710 WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED. HE WAS THEN 72 YEARS OLD. IT IS THE LAST BUILDING TO BE BUILT IN VERSAILLES DURING HIS REIGN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM