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With the palace behind you, it seems as if the grounds stretch out forever. Versailles
was laid out along an eight-mile axis that included the grounds, the palace, and the town
of Versailles itself, one of the first instances of urban planning since Roman times and a
modelforfuturecapitals,suchasWashington,D.C.,andBrasilia.Apromenadeleadsfrom
the palace to the Grand Canal, where France's royalty floated up and down in imported
Venetian gondolas.
