Editing Palace of Versailles (section)

==Architecture and plan==
[[File:Plans du rez-de-chaussée et du premier étage du palais de Versailles, Éditeur Gavard, premier étage - Gallica 2011 (detail, color-coded).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|Plan of the main floor ({{Circa|1837}}, with north to the right), showing the [[Hall of Mirrors]] in red, the [[Galerie des Batailles|Hall of Battles]] in green, the [[Royal Chapel of Versailles|Royal Chapel]] in yellow, and the [[Royal Opera of Versailles|Royal Opera]] in blue]]

The Palace of Versailles is a visual history of French architecture from the 1630s to the 1780s. Its earliest portion, the ''[[corps de logis]]'', was built for [[Louis XIII]] in the [[Louis XIII style|style of his reign]] with brick, marble, and [[slate]],{{sfn|Ayers|2004|p=333}} which Le Vau surrounded in the 1660s with ''Enveloppe'', an edifice that was inspired by [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance-era]] Italian villas.{{sfn|Berger|1985|pp=23–25}} When [[Jules Hardouin-Mansart]] made further expansions to the palace in the 1680s, he used the ''Enveloppe'' as the model for his work.{{sfn|Spawforth|2008|pp=10–11}} [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] additions were made to the palace with the remodelling of the [[Ministers' Wings]] in the 1770s, by [[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]], and after the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]].{{sfn|Jones|2018|pp=61–62, 122}}

The palace was largely completed by the death of Louis XIV in 1715. The eastern facing palace has a U-shaped layout, with the corps de logis and symmetrical advancing secondary wings terminating with the Dufour Pavilion on the south and the Gabriel Pavilion to the north, creating an expansive [[cour d'honneur]] known as the Royal Court (Cour Royale). Flanking the Royal Court are two enormous asymmetrical wings that result in a façade of {{convert|402|m|ft}} in length.<ref>{{cite news|title=History of Art|newspaper=Visual Arts Cork|url=http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/versailles-palace.htm|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> Covered by around {{convert|10|ha|e6sqft|abbr=off}} of roof, the palace has 2,143 windows, 1,252 chimneys, and 67 staircases.<ref>Ayers 2004, also includes 700 rooms. {{p.|333}}.</ref>

The palace and its grounds have had a great influence on architecture and horticulture from the mid-17th century to the end of the 18th century. Examples of works influenced by Versailles include [[Christopher Wren]]'s work at [[Hampton Court Palace]], [[Berlin Palace]], the [[Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso|Palace of La Granja]], [[Stockholm Palace]],{{sfn|UNESCO: Palace and Park of Versailles}} [[Ludwigsburg Palace]], [[Karlsruhe Palace]], [[Schloss Rastatt|Rastatt Palace]],{{sfn|Kaufmann|1995|pp=320–22}} [[Nymphenburg Palace]], [[Schleissheim Palace]],{{sfn|UNESCO: Palace and Park of Versailles}}{{sfn|Kaufmann|1995|pp=323–24}} and [[Schloss Esterházy|Esterházy Palace]].{{sfn|Kaufmann|1995|p=338}}