"Le Château de Versailles en 3 lieux incontournables" has been shared to the blog from the French reading exercises section of the learning library where you can find a large selection of interactive texts to help you with your reading skills. This article also has audio for you to practice your French listening skills; you can find many more listening activities in the French listening practice section.
Welcome to the Château de Versailles ! Discover one of the most visited palaces in the world in this bilingual article that will take you through 3 of its most extraordinary areas: the Hall of Mirrors, its Gardens and the Estate of Trianon. So join us for a glimpse at Louis XIV’s court life in his grandiose palace!
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Introduction
Part 1 – La Galerie des Glaces
Part 2 – Les Jardins
Part 3 – Le Domaine de Trianon
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Author info
Aurélie is our resident French Expert. She has created most of the wonderful content you see on the site and is usually the person answering your tricky help questions. She comes from a small village near Chartres in Central France, country of cereal fields and not much else. She left (in a hurry) to study English at the world-famous Sorbonne in Paris, before leaving France in 2007 to experience the “London lifestyle” - and never looked back! She's worked as a professional French teacher, translator and linguist in the UK since. She loves to share her love of languages and is a self-professed cinema and literature geek!