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VERSAILLES, FRANCE Located in western outskirts of Paris and widely known for the eponymous castle, Versailles is a small town which, with its entire architecture and arrangement, arises exaltation and leaves without breath. The first written record dates back in 1083., when Versailles was a prosperous place on route from Paris to Normandy. Further flourishment began in 1575. when it was acquired by the Gondi family. Frequent guest on the estate was king Louis XIII who, in 1622., purchased a forrest parcel for his private hunting expeditions and, by 1632., the whole property. His son, Louis XIV, converted the estate and manor itself to relocate his government there, what finally happened in 1682. His heirs, Louis XV and Louis XVI continued to rule in Versailles which became the seat of political power up until French revolution in 1789. Today, retaining a whiff of bourgeoisie from the past, Versailles is considered a chic suburb of French capital. The brightest jewel of Versailles is its Castle, one of the greatest achievements of seventeenth century French art. It's hard to find words to completely delineate this wonderful architectural accomplishment emerged from a small hunting pavillion of Louis XIII, whos successors continued to develop and embellish it up to incredible scope. Today's Palace lay across 63 154 square meters, contain 2300 rooms, more than 2000 windows, 1250 fireplaces and 67 staircases. Apart from the fact that virtually every room has its historical significance, the whole interior is ornately decorated with gilded details and filled with artwork. Such style can be seen as excessive and kitschy, but the idea of how much time, effort and prudence it took to create each and every detail was fascinating and enchanting to me, as well as the fact that the castle's filigree fashion generated unparalleled luxury whose splendor remains untarnished. Perhaps the most famous room of the castle is Hall of Mirrors. Principal and remarkable feature of this 73 meters long chamber, which was used by Louis XIV for his daily walks from private apartment to castle's chapel, is seventeen arches connected with total of 357 mirrors that reflects seventeen arcaded windows that overlook the gardens. Arches themselves are fixed onto marble pillars with bronze capitals that highlights celebrated symbols of France – fleur-de-lys and Gallic cockerel. This impressive room served various purposes: from receiving embassies, birth and marriage festivities to costume balls. Hall of mirrors is flanked on the north and south side by War room and Peace room, dedicated to military victories and contributions in peace treaties. Walls of these halls are tasselled with marble panels with army trophies, weaponry and beautiful bas-reliefs that illustrates scenes from royal life. One of more interesting art exhibits, situated in Little king's salon on the first floor of Versailles, is certainly the Passemant astronomical clock, an exeptional rococo work of over two meters high and crowned with moving celestial sphere. The clock, which set official time for the first time in royal history, indicates date, time and average phases of the moon with large dials that marks the rising and setting of the sun and moon every day. The mechanism is tuned in a way that allows it to display date until the end of year 9999. Of simmilar importance is a clock on the front Palace facade in the inner marble courtyard, surrounded by a triangle of statuary which surmounts the gilded balcony, whose hands were stopped at the time of Louis XIV's death. All the magnificence and pageantry of castle's interior is followed by the Versailles gardens which westwardly encompasses 800 hectare surface and represents singular and perfect example of French garden style. Aside from the meticulously manicured lawns, flower parterres and alleys that emits symmetry and imposed order in nature, what makes these gardens truly unique are many sculptures and fountains, marvelous edifices that depicts numerous historical and mythological events and characters. In 1979., the gardens along with the castle, were inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage List. In the end, Versailles is one of those places, because of their pulchritude and fabulous charisma, to which I would like to return. Have you visited Versailles? What are your impressions? Lokacija: Versailles, France Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
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VERSAILLES, FRANCUSKA Smješten u zapadnim predgrađima Pariza i nadaleko poznat zbog istoimenog dvorca, Versailles je gradić koji svojom cjelokupnom arhitekturom i uređenjem izaziva oduševljenje i ostavlja bez daha. Prvi pisani trag datira još iz 1083. godine, kad je Versailles bio prosperitetno mjesto na putu iz Pariza u Normandiju, a daljnji procvat doživljava od 1575. kada ga kupuje obitelj Gondi. Čest obiteljski gost na imanju bio je Louis XIII, koji je 1622. otkupio dio šume za privatne lovačke izlete, a do 1632. i cijeli posjed. Njegov sin, Louis XIV preuredio je posjed i sami dvorac kako bi u njega trajno premjestio svoju vladu, što se konačno dogodilo 1682. U njemu su nastavili vladati i njegovi nasljednici, Louis XV i Louis XVI te je bio sjedište političke moći sve do Francuske revolucije 1789. godine. Danas se Versailles, zadržavajući dašak buržoazije iz nekih prošlih vremena, smatra chic predgrađem francuske metropole. Najsjajniji dragulj Versaillesa jest njegov Dvorac, jedno od najvećih ostvarenja francuske umjetnosti sedamnaestoga stoljeća. Teško je pronaći riječi koje bi u potpunosti mogle dočarati ovo predivno arhitektonsko ostvarenje, izraslo iz malog lovačkog paviljona Louisa XIII, čiji su ga nasljednici nastavili ravijati i uljepšavati do nevjerojatnih razmjera.Naime, današnja se Palača prostire na 63 154 m₂ i sadrži 2300 soba, više od 2000 prozora, 1250 kamina i 67 stubišta. Osim što gotovo svaka prostorija ima i svoju povijesnu važnost, cijela je unutrašnjost dvorca bogato urešena zlatnim detaljima i prepuna umjetnina. Ovakav stil može se učiniti pretjeranim i kičastim, ali je meni osobno bila zapanjujuća i očaravajuća sama pomisao na to koliko je vremena, truda i promišljenosti bilo potrebno za izvedbu svakog pojedinog detalja, kao i činjenica da je filigransko uređenje versajskog dvorca predstavljalo do tada neviđen luksuz čiji sjaj ne blijedi do dana današnjeg. Vjerojatno najslavnija prostorija dvorca jest Dvorana ogledala. Glavno i izvanredno obilježje ove 73 metra duge sobe, kojom je kralj Louis XIV svakodnevno prolazio na putu od osobnih odaja do kapelice, je sedamnaest lukova povezanih s ukupno 357 zrcala koja se odražavaju na sedamnaest arkadnih prozora s pogledom na vrtove. Lukovi su fiksirani na mramorne stupove s brončanim kapitelima koji prikazuju simbole Francuske – fleur-de-lys i galskog pijetla, a ova upečatljiva dvorana služila je različitim namjenama: od primanja veleposlanstava, proslava rođendana i vjenčanja do organiziranja kostimiranih balova. Sa sjeverne i južne strane Dvorane ogledala nalaze se Soba rata i Soba mira, posvećene vojnim pobjedama i mirotvorstvu, zidova dekoriranih mramornim pločama s vojnim trofejima i prekrasnim bareljefima s prizorima iz života kraljeva. Jedan od zanimljivijih umjetničkih izložaka, smješten u Malom kraljevom salonu na prvom katu Versaillesa, svakako je Passemantov astronomski sat, izuzetno rokoko djelo visoko preko dva metra i okrunjeno pokretnom nebeskom sferom. Sat, koji je prvi puta u kraljevskoj povijesti postavio službeno vrijeme, prikazuje datum, vrijeme i mjesečeve mijene, a veliki brojčanici označuju svakodnevni izlazak i zalazak sunca i mjeseca. Ugođenost mehanizma omogućuje prikazivanje datuma do godine 9999. Po važnosti nimalo ne zaostaje ni veliki sat na pročelju palače u unutarnjem mramornom dvorištu, okružen trokutom skulptura koje nadvisuju pozlaćeni balkon i čije su kazaljke zaustavljene u vrijeme smrti Louisa XIV. Svu raskoš dvorskog interijera prate i versajski vrtovi. Smješteni na zapadnoj strani i prostirući se na površini od 800 hektara, predstavljaju jedinstven i savršen primjer jardin a la francaise stila. Uz pedantno njegovane travnjake, cvjetne gredice i aleje koje odišu simetrijom i redom u prirodi, ono što doista ove vrtove čini unikatnim su mnogobrojne skulpture i fontane, zadivljujuće građevine koje uprizoruju brojne povijesne i mitološke događaje i likove. 1979. godine vrtovi su, zajedno s dvorcem, upisani u UNESCO-vu listu Svjetske baštine, a Versailles ostaje jedno od onih mjesta na koja bih se, zbog njihove ljepote i basnoslovnog šarma, uvijek voljela iznova vraćati. Jeste li posjetili Versailles? Kakvi su vaši dojmovi? Lokacija: Versailles, France Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)