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    • Day 24
    • Friday, May 12, 2017 at 10:21 AM
    • ⛅ 16 °C
    • Altitude: 133 m
    • FranceVersailles48°48’12” N  2°7’24” E
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    Versailles. Birthplace of democracy?

    May 12, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    "Versailles represents the highest and lowest points in European royalty" Discuss.
    When you are the King, and the Louvre is too dinky and squat, and you don't like the neighbours, you built Versailles.
    When you want to forget the poor exist, live in Versailles for a few generations.
    When the poor remind you they really do exist, and would like to keep on existing, they cart the royalty from Versailles for especially strong punishment.

    It is still stunning inside and out, vast and exorbitant. That happens when you act like a Sun God and spend half the national GDP on your manshed.
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    Helen, you don't look impressed by all the grandeur

    5/21/17Reply
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