Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Palace of Versailles, France

 



A guest wearing a baroque-style costume walks through the Hall of Mirrors during the fete galante at the Palace of Versailles.  The annual fancy dress ball recreates the splendour of Louis XIV’s dazzling court feasts which were held to show off the wealth and power of France’s longest-reigning monarch.  Photograph:  Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images


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