The moment he saw the Versailles Palace building complex, Ye Tian and the others were completely shocked by the huge palace complex, so they stopped and fell silent, just looking at the palace complex ahead.

After a while, everyone woke up.

Immediately afterwards, Betty covered her mouth lightly with her hands and said with emotion:

"Wow! This is a shocking palace, too large and too luxurious!"

It was her first time to come to Paris, France. It was normal to see the grandeur and gorgeousness of Versailles for the first time.

Not only her, but anyone else would stand here, she would be shocked by the magnificent palace complex in front of her, and she would be no exception!

This is a classical style building complex with a standard classical three-stage treatment on the front.

What is the classical three-stage style? It is called the facade divided into three vertical and horizontal sections. The building is symmetrical with the left and right, the shape is neat and solemn and majestic. It is called the representative of rational beauty.

This is exactly the case with the Palace of Versailles. The entire palace is magnificent, with a strict layout and coordinated layout. The main palace is moving east-west, and the two ends are connected with the Nangong and the Beigong, forming a symmetrical geometric pattern.

Although built in the 17th century, the Palace of Versailles abandoned the Baroque dome and the traditional French spire architectural style, and adopted the flat-top form, which looked dignified and majestic!

In front of the main palace is a French garden with a unique style. The flowers, plants and trees in the garden are unique, making people feel beautiful after seeing it. The same is true for the gardens around the building complex!

Compared with Chinese classical gardens, this is another completely different style. It is completely carved by hand and emphasizes symmetry and geometric graphicization.

If it is not considered as three kilometers long and an area of ​​about one hundred hectares, the Palace of Versailles is about 580 meters long and consists of French gardens, magnificent castles, majestic castles and the Mirror Hall.

Who can't be shocked by such a palace complex?

Hearing Betty's emotion, Ye Tian turned his head to look at her, then nodded with a smile and said:

"Dear, Versailles is the largest, most luxurious and most spectacular palace in Europe. No palace can be compared with it in Europe, whether it is Buckingham Palace or the Kremlin!

Before the 19th century, Versailles was a symbol of French feudal royal power and the political center of France. To this day, it has become a brilliant pearl in the treasure house of human art!

Apart from the magnificence of the outside, the furnishings and decorations inside the Palace of Versailles are more artistic and worthy of appreciation. Let's go and take a look at this so-called Sun King palace! "

As he said that, Ye Tian gently took Betty's hand, walked forward, and walked straight to the entrance of Versailles Palace.

The others followed and walked towards Versailles together, and everyone was quite excited.

In a blink of an eye, more than an hour passed.

At this time, Ye Tian and the others were outside the royal church door of the North Wing Palace, admiring the extremely luxurious church building that occupies the east of the North Wing Palace through the door.

The reason why Ye Tian and the others stood at the door to visit was very simple. The chapel inside was not allowed to enter, and everyone was the same.

Looking in from the door, the interior of this royal church is extremely gorgeous, with two rows of white marble columns supporting the golden dome, which is full of exquisite large religious murals depicting stories from the Bible.

On the altar opposite the door, there is a holy statue made of gold, which is brilliant and dazzling. Even the organ on the second floor has its main components made of gold, which is very luxurious.

As before, Ye Tian once again assumed the responsibility of explaining during the visit to this church.

"The builder of Versailles Palace, Louis XIV, has always regarded himself as the Sun King, and is also a devout Catholic, who advocates the "God of the Lord's Power"!

In order to find a legitimate source of his power, Louis XIV ordered the construction of this royal church, and the reason he gave was to dedicate the church to St. Louis.

The St. Louis mentioned here is Louis IX, the ninth king of the Cape Dynasty. He launched the seventh and eighth Crusades, which is considered to be a model of kings in medieval Europe.

The royal church was completed in 1710, but it was not on the east-west and central axis of the Palace of Versailles, which shows that the royal power of the French Bourbon royal family was above the theocracy!

In French history, royal churches have a prominent status. Louis XV and his sons Crown Prince Louis XVI, Louis XVIX, Louis XVIII and Charles X all held weddings here!

The royal church also has a place in the history of art. The building itself is a work of art. Its luxurious Baroque decoration inside also has extraordinary artistic value!

The mural on the semicircular vault above the altar, "The Resurrection of Christ", is from the famous French painter Charles Forss in the 18th century. It is a masterpiece of Baroque art.

The huge zenith painting above the dome, "The Eternal Father in the Halo, Promises God's Redemption to Mankind", comes from the famous French painter Antoine Coyper,..."

While explaining and introducing the royal church, Ye Tian also secretly opened his perspective and explored this church that occupies an important position in French history!

From perspective, the distance between the church door and the altar does not seem to exist. The official ban on entering the chapel of Versailles will not have any effect on Ye Tian!

In a blink of an eye, everything in this royal church was clearly presented in Ye Tian’s eyes, without any omissions!

Apart from the things that everyone can see on the surface, such as the golden statue, the golden organ, the zenith mural, etc., Ye Tian also saw a lot of hidden things!

Below the ground of the church, he found a secret passage about 1.8 meters tall and 1.2 meters wide!

One end of the secret passage is inside the church, with two entrances and exits. One is below the altar side. Push the altar to the right and you can enter the secret passage. The other is in the confessional chamber, and you can see it by lifting the floor!

The other end of this secret passage leads to the west side of the palace, which specifically leads to which room, hall, or turn to the garden, which is unknown for the time being!

Unfortunately, the secret passage is empty and cleaned up relatively cleanly. An emergency light is hung every few meters on the secret passage wall.

From this we can see that the official palace of Versailles had long known about the existence of this secret passage and had completely cleared the secret passage.

Of course, even if there is no cleaning, there are many valuable antique art hidden in the secret passages, and Ye Tian cannot get it unless the French government is crazy and needs to sell Versailles to live!

Apart from this secret passage, Ye Tian found another secret wall on the wall behind the golden organ, which was also empty and had nothing!

In addition, there is nothing in this royal church!

Nothing was found! Ye Tian then withdrew his gaze and ended his perspective!

Next, he continued to explain the story of the royal church to Betty and the other ones, as well as the antique artworks inside the church!

Not only Betty and the others were also there, but also some other tourists who happened to visit here, everyone listened with relish!

After a minute or two, the explanation was over, everyone admired this extremely luxurious church for a while, and then turned around and left here!

Passing through the first floor of the church, everyone immediately entered the 17th century exhibition hall!

Here we mainly introduce the history of the rise and fall of the Bourbon royal family in France. The focus of the introduction is naturally the founder of Versailles and the most effective king of the Bourbon royal family, Louis XIV!

Also in the 17th century exhibition hall, portraits of several artists who participated in the construction of the Palace of Versailles were hung.

Among them are the famous architect Levo, the garden design master Lenott, the famous architect Monsa, the famous sculptor Gilardon and other art masters!
Chapter completed!