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The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles (English /vɛərˈsaɪ/ vair-SY or /vərˈsaɪ/ vər-SY; French: [vɛʁsaj]), is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. It is also known as the château de Versailles.
When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a wealthy suburb of Paris, some 20 kilometres southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
Begun by Louis XIII in 1623, the château began as a hunting lodge in brick and stone. It was enlarged into a royal palace by Louis XIV. The first phase of the expansion (c. 1661–1678) was designed and supervised by the architect Louis Le Vau. It culminated in the addition of three new wings of stone (the enveloppe), which surrounded Louis XIII's original building on the north, south, and west (the garden side). After Le Vau's death in 1670, the work was taken over and completed by his assistant, François d'Orbay.Charles Le Brun designed and supervised the elaborate interior decoration, and André Le Nôtre landscaped the extensive Gardens of Versailles. Le Brun and Le Nôtre collaborated on the numerous fountains, and Le Brun supervised the design and installation of countless statues.
Mado akereba itsumo to onaji Jikan ga tomatta yo
Ai no sora kara kitto anata
Mada ore tsudzuku ame no naka
Ima shizuka namida ga
Anata wo tsutaete ochita
Omoide wa kirei na mama de
Mune ni shimatte
Togire to ai to kioku dake
Dakishime yume ni kasaeta
Konna ni aishite aisarete ita
Keredo negai wa kanawanai
Kono ame ga yami made wo
Azayaka sugiru kara mou mienakutte
Anata wo dakishime ima nemuritai
Ushinatta jikaru wo mou ichido
Kono te ni ore modosu tame
Ku wo mani nozoku hikari ga
Nureta hitomi wo terashi
Afuredasu anata no ai ga
Mune ni shimi wataru
Nagareru namida to jikan sage
Kirei na hana de kasayate
Eien ni kono mama tojikomete shimau
Oritai koe no todokanai omoide no naka dake ni
Anata wo mitsumeta mama ugokenai
Aishiteiru kara furesumi itai
Yume nara yume no mama samenaide
Kono mama kioku ni kaki wo
Azayaka sugiru kara mou mienakutte
Anata wo dakishime ima nemuritai
Yume nara yume no mama karenaide
Kawaranai mirai wo kaku tame
Anata ni okuro wo kono anata mama
Subete no kansha to ai wo komete
Arigatou mou itsuka mou ichido
Ageru to shinjite utau wo
I sing your love
I believing in you
I itsuka mata