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Historic Walking Area Attractions In Yvelines

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Yvelines is a department in the region of Île-de-France, France. In 2013 it had a population of 1,418,484; its main cities are Versailles, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Mantes-la-Jolie and Rambouillet.
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  • 1. Grand Canal Versailles
    Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. Starting on 14 May 1643 when Louis was 4 years old, his reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in European history. In the age of absolutism in Europe, Louis XIV's France was a leader in the growing centralisation of power.Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661, after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin. An adherent of the concept of the divine right of kings, which advocates the divine origin of monarchical rule, Louis continued his predecessors' work of creating a centralised state governed from the capital. He sought to eliminate the remnants o...
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