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Joe Steinbring

Versailles

The fountain between two cone-shaped yews, visitors around its basin and the canal to the horizon.
The Latona Fountain and, beyond it, the Grand Canal.2006 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring
Static offline map showing Versailles in France with a location pin.

I visited the Palace of Versailles in the summer of 2006, on a day trip from Paris while I was studying abroad there in college. Louis XIV moved the royal court here in 1682, and it stayed until the Revolution. We toured the palace, from the Royal Chapel and the King’s apartments to the Hall of Mirrors, part of which was screened off for restoration at the time, and spent the afternoon in the gardens with the fountains running.

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  • Through a marble arch: a gilded vaulted ceiling, chandeliers and arched mirrors above a crowd.

    The crowded Hall of Mirrors.

    2006 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • White fluted columns, a painted ceiling above the apse, and the gilded organ, past a balustrade.

    The Royal Chapel, from the upper gallery.

    2006 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • Brick-and-stone façades with gilded balconies and a statue-flanked clock, visitors in front.

    The Marble Courtyard, the oldest part of the palace.

    2006 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

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