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a house that mistook itself for a small country and never apologized
means A grand, opulent residence, typically the official home of a monarch, ruler, or other very important person.
from From Latin 'Palatium,' the name of the Palatine Hill in Rome where the emperors built their lavish homes. The hill itself outgrew its geography: 'Palatium' came to mean not just the place but the building, then any building that aspired to such splendor. It passed through Old French 'palais' into English. The same root quietly fathered 'palatial' and, more distantly, the word 'paladin' — so the very name of the hill became a synonym for grandeur everywhere it travelled.
- room count
- Versailles hides over 2,300 rooms inside
- hidden purpose
- vast halls existed mainly to humiliate visiting rivals
- word origin
- named after Rome's Palatine Hill
- upkeep cost
- Buckingham Palace needs hundreds of staff daily
palace of versailles — french royal residence built by louis xiv near paris, with 700+ rooms and 2,000+ windows
forbidden city — chinese imperial palace in beijing with 980 buildings, home to 24 emperors across 500 years
buckingham palace — london residence of british monarchs since 1837, contains 775 rooms