History’s Most Luxurious Properties Worth a Visit
The world?s most opulent homes are always interesting to ordinary folks. While ordinary people cannot take tours of the homes of today?s super-rich, they can travel around the world to see history?s most lavish residences. Seeing palaces with hundreds of rooms where royalty once lived in unimaginable decadence is certainly fascinating. Here is a guide to history?s most luxurious properties worth a visit.
Buckingham Palace
There is perhaps no more fascinating royal family in the world than the English royal family. Buckingham Palace is still the official residence in London of Queen Elizabeth II, which makes it one of the few remaining palaces in the world that remains a working residence for royalty. Even though the Queen conducts matters of state here, visitors can still go on tours of Buckingham Palace during periods when it is open to the public. There are 775 rooms in the palace, including 52 bedrooms for royalty and guests as well as 188 bedrooms for the staff. Visitors to Buckingham Palace will get a chance to see lots of famous artwork and some of the most valuable and beautiful furniture in the world.
Chateau de Versailles
Incredibly enough, this enormous palace was first built to be used just as a hunting lodge. It was not until Louis XIV transferred his court from Paris to Versailles that it became the official royal residence. Its use as a royal residence ended when it was stormed by peasants during the French Revolution, but visitors today...
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