Day 25: hall of mirrors

This is The Hall of Mirrors, upstairs overlooking some of the gardens
at Versaille. They signed some peace treaty after WWI in this room.
Can't remember the name of it ;)

We could go on for days on how beautiful the fountains and the mazes
of gardens were. The scope of this place is Incredible.

One really interesting display was in the Hall of Peace. The walls
were covered with paintings showing the effects of war during the
reign of Louis the IV. Below each painting was a photo of a more
recent event from the last century demonstrating how each scene
depicted on the walls has been repeated in other wars throughout
history. For example, a huge painting showed a woman begging for the
life of her husband to Napolean and under neath would be a photo
depicting something similar from WW II, or a giant painting of
soldiers invading by sea during battle, and below a photo from the
shores of the battle of Normandy. Very interesting and masterfully
done. Truly thought provoking.
Tomorrow: Loire Valley