Versailles, Palace of

The Palace of Versailles is known for its extensive gardens as well as its grand buildings.age fotostock/SuperStock
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Versailles is a city in France. It is about 14 miles (22 kilometers) southwest of Paris. Versailles is famous for a palace built in the 1600s under the guidance of King Louis XIV. The Palace of Versailles was one of the most costly and extravagant buildings in the world. French kings lived there ...

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Yihe yuan (Summer Palace

On its southern slope, Longevity Hill is adorned with an ensemble of grand buildings: The Cloud-Dispelling Hall, the Temple of Buddhist Virtue, and the Sea of Wisdom Temple form a south-north (lakeside - peak) oriented axis which is flanked by various other buildings. In the center of the Temple of Buddhist Virtue stands the Tower of Buddhist Incense (Fo Xiang Ge), which forms the focal point for the buildings on the southern slope of Longevity Hill. The tower is built on a 20-meter-tall stone base, is 41 meters high with three storeys and supported by eight ironwood (lignumvitae) pillars.