Treasure Hunt all over the World

The moment they saw the Palace of Versailles complex, Ye Tian and the others were completely shocked by the huge palace complex, so that they all stopped and fell silent, only admiring the palace complex in front of them.

After a while, everyone just woke up.

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

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

It was the first time for her to come to Paris, France, and it was the first time she witnessed the magnificence and magnificence of the Palace of Versailles, and it was normal to feel shocked!

Not only her, but anyone else standing here will be shocked by the magnificent palace complex in front of him, no exception!

This is a complex of classical style buildings, and the front is treated in a standard three-stage classical style.

What is the three-stage classical style, that is, the facade is divided into three vertical and horizontal sections, the left and right sides of the building are symmetrical, the shape is neat, solemn and majestic, and it is called the representative of rational beauty.

This is exactly the case with the Palace of Versailles. The whole palace is majestic, with a rigorous and coordinated layout.

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

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

Compared with Chinese classical gardens, this is another completely different style. It is completely carved by hand, and it pays great attention to symmetry and geometric graphics.

If you don’t count the back garden which is three kilometers long and covers an area of ​​about 100 hectares, the Palace of Versailles is about 580 meters long and consists of French gardens, magnificent castles, majestic castles and mirror halls.

May I ask such a palace complex, who can not be shocked by it?

Hearing Betty's emotional voice, Ye Tian immediately turned to look at her, then nodded with a smile and said:

"My dear, the Palace of Versailles is the largest, most luxurious, and most magnificent palace in Europe. There is no palace in Europe that can compare with it, whether it is Buckingham Palace or the Kremlin Palace!

Before the nineteenth century, the Palace of Versailles was a symbol of French feudal kingship and the political center of France.

Today, it has become a brilliant pearl in the treasure house of human art!

Apart from the magnificence of the exterior, the interior furnishings and decorations of the Palace of Versailles are more artistic and worthy of appreciation. Let's go, let's go and see the so-called Palace of the Sun King! "

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

The others followed immediately and walked to the Palace of Versailles together, everyone was quite excited.

In the blink of an eye, more than an hour has passed.

At this time, Ye Tian and the others were standing outside the royal church in the North Wing Palace, admiring the extremely luxurious church building on the first and second floors facing 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. Two rows of white marble columns support the golden dome, which is full of exquisite large religious murals, depicting stories from the Bible.

On the altar facing the door, there is a holy statue made of gold, which is golden and extremely dazzling. Even the pipe organ on the second floor is made of gold, which is very luxurious.

As in the past, during the visit to this church, Ye Tian took on the role of explanation again.

"The builder of the Palace of Versailles, King Louis XIV of France, has always regarded himself as the Sun King, and he is also a devout Catholic who advocates the 'divine right of kings'!

In order to find a legitimate source of his power, Louis XIV ordered the construction of this royal chapel, and for the reasons he gave, dedicated the church to St. Louis.

The St. Louis mentioned here is Louis IX, the ninth king of the Capet dynasty. He initiated the seventh and eighth crusades and is considered to be a model of European kings in the Middle Ages.

The Royal Chapel was completed in 1710, but it is not on the east-west axis of the Palace of Versailles, which shows that the royal power of the French Bourbon royal family was above the divine power at that time!

In the history of France, the royal church has a prominent position. Louis XV and his son Crown Prince Louis, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and Charles X all held their weddings here!

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

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

The huge zenith painting above the dome, "The Eternal Father in the Halo, Promising God's Salvation to Mankind", is from the famous French painter Antoine Coipel in the 18th century,..."

While explaining and introducing the royal church, Ye Tian also secretly turned on the perspective to investigate this church that occupies an important position in French history!

Under the perspective, the distance from the church entrance to the altar seems to be non-existent, and the official prohibition of the Palace of Versailles from entering the chapel has no effect on Ye Tian!

In an instant, everything in this royal church was clearly presented in Ye Tian's eyes, without missing a single thing!

Except for those things that are on the bright side and can be seen by everyone, such as golden holy statues, golden pipe organs, frescoes on the ceiling, etc., Ye Tian also saw a lot of hidden things!

Under the ground of the church, he found a secret passage with a height of about 1.8 meters and a width of 1.23 meters!

One end of the secret passage is inside the church. There are two entrances and exits. One is under the side of the altar. Push the altar to the right to enter the secret passage. The other is in the confession room, and you can see it by opening the floor!

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

It's a pity that this secret passage is empty and relatively clean. There are emergency lights hanging on the wall of the secret passage every few meters.

It can be seen from this that the officials of the Palace of Versailles have known the existence of this secret passage for a long time, and have completely cleaned up the secret passage.

Of course, even if it is not cleared, there are many valuable antique works of art hidden in the secret passage, and it is impossible for Ye Tian to get them, unless the French government is poor and crazy and needs to sell the Palace of Versailles to survive!

In addition to this secret passage, Ye Tian found another hidden compartment on the wall behind the golden pipe organ, which was also empty, with nothing in it!

Besides, there is nothing left in this royal chapel!

Nothing! Ye Tian immediately retracted his gaze and ended the perspective!

Next, he continued to explain to Betty and the others the story about this royal church and the antique artworks in the church!

Listening to his explanation, not only Betty and the others, but also some other tourists who happened to be here, everyone listened with gusto!

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

Passing through the first floor of the church, everyone immediately entered the seventeenth-century exhibition hall!

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

Also in the seventeenth century exhibition hall, there are still portraits of several artists who participated in the construction of the Palace of Versailles.

Among them are the famous architect Le Vau, the master of garden design Le Notre, the famous architect Monza, the famous sculptor Girardon and other art masters!

In the second exhibition room of the 17th century exhibition hall, everyone saw the lion-like marble head of Louis XIV and several war oil paintings praising his great achievements, and had a deeper understanding of the French king!