The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. Versailles
(ver-SEYE , vuhr-SEYE ) City in northern France about ten miles southwest of Paris . 1 ‡ 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. 2 ‡ The French Revolution began in Versailles, when mobs stormed the palace. 3 ‡ The Treaty of Versailles , signed in 1919, officially ended World War I . 4
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
