Versailles
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noun
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a city in N central France, near Paris: site of an elaborate royal residence built for Louis XIV; seat of the French kings (1682–1789). Pop: 85 726 (1999)
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the treaty of 1919 imposed upon Germany by the Allies (except for the US and the Soviet Union): the most important of the five peace treaties that concluded World War I
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another name for (the Treaty of) Paris of 1783 See Paris 1
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The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, officially ended World War I.
It is the site of the Palace of Versailles, which was built by King Louis xiv in the seventeenth century and was the royal residence for over one hundred years.
The French Revolution began in Versailles, when mobs stormed the palace.
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When cosmetics billionaire William P. Lauder bought Rush Limbaugh’s Palm Beach estate for $155 million, it featured a 24,000-square-foot main house with a salon modeled after Versailles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Suddenly, she was free to come and go as she pleased, so when her postgraduate program in Versailles accepted her application, we went.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
Mbaye joined PSG in the summer of 2018 from FC Versailles 78, progressing through their youth academy and making his senior debut in August 2024 at the age of 16.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The D-Day landings join more than 50 French sites already inscribed on the list, alongside the spectacular Mont Saint Michel island in Normandy and the Palace of Versailles.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Today, most historians agree that the Treaty of Versailles helped set the stage for World War II. They consider the First and Second World Wars part of the same struggle.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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