Versailles
Americannoun
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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Trump put his signature to the memorandum while attending a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron in Versailles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Diana” precedes an extraordinary gathering of elaborate furniture, once in Versailles; tapestries; and improbably opulent 18th-century French silver—plus a wealth of medieval ivories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Palace of Versailles, south of the French capital Paris, appears as an island of trees surrounded by brown fields in these images.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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
First, he increased the size of Germany’s army from 100,000 soldiers to 500,000, five times more than the number permitted by the Treaty of Versailles.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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