Chapter 1394: Golden chapel
The moment they saw the palace complex of Versailles, Ye Tian and the others were completely shocked by the huge palace complex, so that they stopped and fell silent, just admiring the palace complex in front of them.
After a while, everyone woke up.
Immediately afterwards, Betty gently covered her mouth with her hand, and said with emotion:
"Wow! This is really a shocking palace, too huge and too luxurious!"
It is the first time for her to come to Paris, France. It is the first time she has witnessed the magnificence and splendor of Versailles. It is normal to feel shocked!
Not only is she, if anyone else stands here, she will be shocked by the magnificent palace complex in front of her, nothing else!
This is a classicism style building complex, and the front is treated with standard classicism three-stage treatment.
What is the classic three-stage style, that is, the façade is divided into vertical and horizontal sections. The building is symmetrical on both sides, and the contours are neat, solemn and majestic. It is called the representative of rational beauty.
This is the case for the Palace of Versailles. The entire palace is majestic, with strict and coordinated layout. The main palace runs from east to west, and the two ends are connected with the South Palace and the North Palace, forming a symmetrical geometric pattern.
Although built in the 17th century, the Palace of Versailles abandoned the Baroque dome and the traditional French spire architectural style, and adopted a flat roof form, which looks dignified and powerful!
In front of the main palace is a large French garden with a unique style. The flowers and trees in the garden are ingenious, making people feel beautiful after seeing it, as are the surrounding gardens of the building complex!
Compared with the Chinese classical garden, this is a completely different style. It is completely artificially carved, and it is extremely symmetrical and geometrical.
If you don't count the three kilometers long back garden with an area of about 100 hectares, the Palace of Versailles is about 580 meters long and consists of a French garden, a magnificent castle, a stately castle and a mirror hall.
How can anyone not be shocked by such a complex of palace buildings?
Hearing Betty's emotional voice, Ye Tian immediately turned to look at her, then smiled and nodded and said:
"My dear, the Palace of Versailles is the largest, most luxurious, and most spectacular palace in Europe. No palace in Europe can compare with it, whether it is Buckingham Palace or the Kremlin!
Before the nineteenth century, the Palace of Versailles was a symbol of French feudal kingship and the political center of France. Today, it has become a brilliant pearl in the treasure house of human art!
In addition to the magnificence and magnificence of the exterior, the furnishings and decorations inside the Palace of Versailles are more artistic and worthy of appreciation. Let's go, let's go and see the palace of the so-called Sun King! "
With that, Ye Tian took Betty's hand gently, walked forward, and walked straight to the entrance of the Palace of Versailles.
The others followed immediately and walked towards the Palace of Versailles, everyone was quite excited.
In an instant, more than an hour passed.
At this time, Ye Tian and the others were standing outside the royal church door of the North Wing Palace, and admiring the extremely luxurious church building that occupies the first and second floors of the North Wing Palace facing the east.
The reason why Ye Tian and the others stood at the door to visit was very simple. The chapel inside did not allow tourists to enter, and everyone was the same.
Looking in from the door, the interior of this royal church is extremely gorgeous, with two rows of white marble columns supporting the golden dome. The dome is full of exquisite large religious murals depicting stories from the Bible.
On the altar facing the entrance, there is an icon made of gold, which is brilliant and dazzling. Even the pipe organ on the second floor is made of gold, which is very luxurious.
As always, during the visit to this church, Ye Tian once again assumed the responsibility of understanding.
"The builder of the Palace of Versailles, King Louis XIV of France, has always regarded himself as the Sun King, and he is also a devout Catholic, advocating the ‘sovereign power’!
In order to find a proper source of his power, Louis XIV ordered the construction of this royal church, and he gave the reason to dedicate this church to Saint Louis.
The Saint-Louis mentioned here is the ninth king of the Capé dynasty, Louis IX, who initiated the seventh and eighth crusades, and is considered a model of medieval European monarchs.
The royal church was completed in 1710, but it was not on the east-west axis of the Palace of Versailles, which shows that the royal power of the French Bourbon royal family was above the divine power at that time!
In French history, the royal church has a prominent position. Louis XV and his son Crown Prince Louis, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and Charles X have all held weddings here!
The royal church also has a place in the history of art. This building itself is a work of art, and its interior luxurious Baroque decoration also has extraordinary artistic value!
The fresco on the semicircular vault above the altar, "The Resurrection of Christ", is a masterpiece of Baroque art by the famous French painter Charles Foss in the 18th century.
The huge zenith painting above the dome, "The Eternal Father in the Aura, Promises God's Salvation to Mankind", is from the famous French painter Antoine Coipel in the 18th century,..."
While explaining the royal church, Ye Tian also secretly opened the perspective, exploring this important church in French history!
Under perspective, the distance from the entrance of the church to the altar seems to be non-existent. The official ban on entering the chapel by the Palace of Versailles does not have any effect on Ye Tian!
In an instant, everything in this royal chapel was clearly presented in Ye Tian's eyes, without missing anything!
Excluding the things that are on the bright surface and that everyone can see, such as the golden icon, the golden pipe organ, the ceiling murals, etc., Ye Tian also saw a lot of hidden things!
Under the floor of the church, he found a secret road about 1.8 meters high and 1.2 meters wide!
One end of the secret path is inside the church. There are two entrances and exits. One is under the side of the altar. Push the altar to the right to enter the secret path, and the other is in the confession room.
The other end of this secret road leads to the west side of the palace, which leads to that room, that hall, or turns to the garden. It is not known for the time being!
It's a pity that the secret road is empty and cleaned up. There is an emergency light on the secret road every few meters.
It can be seen that the official of the Palace of Versailles has long known the existence of this secret passage and has thoroughly cleaned up the secret passage.
Of course, even if it is not cleaned up, there are many valuable antique artworks hidden in the secret road, and Ye Tian cannot get it, unless the French government is crazy and needs to sell the Palace of Versailles to survive!
Except for this secret passage, on the wall behind the golden pipe organ, Ye Tian found another hidden grid, which was also empty and there was nothing!
Besides, there is nothing left in this royal church!
Nothing! Ye Tian immediately retracted his sight and ended the perspective!
Next, he continued to tell Betty and the others the story about the royal church and the antique artworks in the church!
Listening to his explanation ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ not only Betty and others, but also some other tourists who happened to visit here, everyone listened with gusto!
After a minute or two, the explanation was over. Everyone admired this luxurious church for a while, and then turned around and left here!
Passing through the first floor of the church, everyone immediately entered the seventeenth century exhibition hall!
This article mainly introduces the history of the rise and fall of the French Bourbon royal family. The focus of the introduction is naturally the founder of the Palace of Versailles and the most accomplished king of the Bourbon royal family, Louis XIV!
Also in the 17th century exhibition hall, there are still portraits of several artists who participated in the construction of the Palace of Versailles.
Among them are the famous architect Le Vau, the garden designer Le Notre, the famous architect Monsa, the famous sculptor Giraldon and other art masters!
In the second exhibition room of the 17th century exhibition hall, everyone saw the marble head of Louis XIV like a lion, and several war oil paintings praising his great achievements, and got a deeper understanding of the French king!
