It wasn't until I visited Versailles that I truly understood the French Revolution. Versailles is small, pretty. The buildings are simple, humble. And then there is the Palace....
Le Chateau de Versailles is the most ostentatious building I've ever seen. It sits on grounds that stretch, quite literally, farther than the eye can see. It utterly dwarfs the town.
Suffering in the shadow of this arrogant fortress of wealth and power it's no wonder the peasants revolted. If I'd been starving in Versailles, I too would have been in the mood to sever some haughty heads from a few pompous, royal bodies.
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