The Hall of Mirrors (Galerie des Glaces) is the central gallery of the Palace of Versailles and is renowned as one of the most famous and glamorous rooms in the world.
As the principal and most remarkable feature of King Louis Xiv of France’s third building campaign of the Palace of Versailles, construction of the Hall of Mirrors began in 1678 and continued until 1684. The Hall of Mirrors measures 239.5 feet by 34.4 feet by 40.4 feet and is flanked by the salon de la guerre to the north and the salon de la paix south.
The signature design element of this famous hall is the seventeen mirror-clad arches that reflect the seventeen arcaded windows that overlook the gardens. Each arch contains twenty-one mirrors for a total of 357 used in the decoration fo the Galerie des Glaces.
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