How to understand the French Revolution
Visit Versailles, the former royal palace, 30 minutes from Paris on the train.
Noel, it makes you look like a minimalist.
Seeing how the absolute monarchs of France lived while their people starved is more effective and visceral than any history book. Sheesh, we’d cut off their heads ourselves.
The ridiculously wealthy (and those who wish to be identified, however mistakenly, as such) ought to think hard about flaunting their possessions in society magazines and other media. The people might get ideas.
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November 9th, 2014 at 18:53
Your first photo – that area was under construction when we visited in 2006, the rubble making it look less grand. But yes, the interior alone would make you go “what the???”
Earlier that year I was in Finland and went on a student trip to Russia (Moscow and St. Petersburg; my classmate said she hasn’t seen that much gold adorning buildings in her life). I couldn’t help but compare Versailles with Peterhof. Especially the gardens.
November 12th, 2014 at 14:36
Napoles and her ilk must have forgotten that anything can be done to them by people who have nothing to lose.