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{{Infobox World Heritage Site
| WHS         = Palace and Park of Versailles
| Image       = [[Image:Versailles Palace.jpg|frameless|370px|Versailles: Louis Le Vau opened up the interior court to create the expansive entrance ''cour d'honneur,'' later copied all over Europe.]]
| State Party = France
| Type        = Cultural
| Criteria    = i, ii, vi
| ID          = 83
| Region      = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe|Europe]]
| Year        = 1979
| Session     = 3rd
| Link        = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/83
| locmapin    = France Île-de-France
| latitude    = 48.804404
| longitude   = 2.123162
}}
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|header1= Statistical Information on the Palace of Versailles
|label3=Floor space
|data3=67,000 m2
|label4=Number of windows
|data4=2,153
|label5=Number of rooms
|data5=700
|label6=Staircases
|data6=67
|label7=Paintings in the museum’s collection
|data7=6,123
|label8=Drawings in museum’s collection
|data8=1,500
|label9=Engravings in museum’s collection
|data9=15,034
|label10=Sculptures in museum’s collection
|data10=2,102
|label11=Pieces of furniture and ''objets d’art''
|data11=5,210
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|below = Source: [http://www.chateauversailles.fr/homepage Official site of the Chateau de Versailles]
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'''Versailles''', a city renowned for its ''château'', the [[Palace of Versailles]], was the ''de facto'' capital of the kingdom of [[France]] for over a century, from 1682 to 1789.  It is now a wealthy suburb of [[Paris]] and remains an important administrative and judicial center. Located in the western suburbs of the French capital, 17.1&nbsp;km (10.6&nbsp;mi) from the [[Kilometre Zero|center of Paris]], the [[Communes of France|commune]]is Versailles is the ''[[préfecture]]'' (administrative seat) of the [[Yvelines]] [[Departments of France|department]]. According to the 2006 census, the population of the city is 89,490 inhabitants, down from a peak of 94,145 in 1975.  

Versailles is historically known for numerous treaties such as [[Treaty of Paris (1783)]], which ended the [[American Revolution]]ary War, and the infamous [[Treaty of Versailles]] following World War I.
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