Palace floor area63,154 m2
6.5 millionIndex cards
170,686Cornhole boards
12.6 trillionPhone pixels
2,300 rooms total
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Palace of Versailles
The extravagant seat of French monarchy outside Paris/World Landmarks
The Palace of Versailles, built and expanded from 1661 under Louis XIV, is one of the most opulent royal residences ever constructed. The palace has 2,300 rooms spread across 63,154 square meters of floor space. The famous Hall of Mirrors is 73 m long and contains 357 mirrors. The gardens, designed by Andre Le Notre, cover 800 hectares and include 1,400 fountains. Versailles served as the seat of French government from 1682 until the French Revolution in 1789 and was where the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919.
Measurements
Garden area8 million m2
53.3 billionPinky fingernails
53.3 billionHuman thumbnails
800 hectares of formal gardens
Palace facade length570 m
1,018Head circumferences
36.8Subway cars
320Samsung refrigerators
Garden-facing facade
Hall of Mirrors length73 m
1 millionHuman hairs
60.8Coffee table lengths
6.82School bus lengths
357 mirrors reflecting 357 windows
Grand Canal length1,670 m
696 trillionElectron wavelengths
665Phone booth heights
Cruciform water feature
Total estate area87 million m2
54.4 millionTwin beds
3.1 millionStudio apartments
435,000Movie screens
Including all grounds and parkland