The Palace of Versailles was covered in snow and offered an unforgettable visual spectacle

he Palace of Versailles, located in the homonymous town, near Paris, in France, snow covered this weekend and surprised locals and tourists with a visual spectacle they will never forget.

The castle and its iconic gardens showed their beauty covered with a white coat which revealed some of their distinctive designs, which make this site a masterpiece of architecture and a mark of the French style.

Although the place is closed to the public for visits, due to the measures implemented by the Government to prevent infections in the face of the second wave of coronavirus, the gardens remain open and this allowed a few lucky relatives to experience this phenomenon which momentarily modified a work of art.

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he Castle of Versailles It was designed by Louis XIV and was built as a farm so that the “Sun King” could spend his days off. He served as a royal residence from 1682 to 1789.

Building includes three palaces: Versailles, the Grand Trianon and the Petit Trianon, as well as several buildings located in the town. If Louis XIII had a hunting lodge built there with a garden, it was his successor who gave it its scale and determined its fate. He had three stages of construction and three architects: Charles Le Brun, André Le Nôtre and Jules Hardouin-Mansart.

Since 1995, it has been administered by the Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles (EPV), a public establishment under the control of the Ministry of Culture. The Palace and Park of Versailles complex has been declared Patrimonium of mankind by Unesco in 1979.

This Saturday, Paris had its first snow after three years (the last one was recorded in February 2018). With the prompting, Parisians took to the streets to make their ice men and play snowball wars, reported Euronews. In addition to the aforementioned Palace of Versailles, in the City of Light they could also be appreciated historical monuments such as The Basilica of the Sacred Heart, and Montmartre, where the Eiffel Tower, covered in ice.

But the fun ended early, as the French have to meet the night curfew, which starts at 6 p.m. and lasts until 6 a.m. the next day.

Heavy snowfall not only brought joy and fun left more than 5,000 homes without electricity in Alsace, in the north-east of France, according to local media the supplier ened.

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In the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, hundreds of motorists were blocked for several hours on the A40 motorway, in the east of the country, at the foot of the Alps, for climatic reasons. For this reason, the town hall of the municipality of Valserhône had to open its sports halls to house dozens of people left without the possibility of moving forward.

Historical snowfall in Madrid

On the weekend of January 9, a snow storm, who was baptized as “Filomena”, wreaked havoc in Madrid. It left four dead, the transport crippled and ended in hundreds of people stranded in their cars, airports and train stations.

Beyond the problems, many Madrilenians took advantage of the phenomenon to go out and have fun. The city was filled with snowmen in its streets and skiers appeared.

The storm hit several cities in Spain and left thousands stranded. (Photo: EFE)

“We face the most intense storm of the last fifty yearsThe Spanish Minister of the Interior assured local media Fernando Grande-Marlaska and called on citizens of the most affected regions to stay at home. The storm was so strong that it triggered the red alert in five regions of Spain, including Madrid.

In the midst of climate chaos, a story of solidarity and professionalism has emerged: a doctor Resident in thoracic and cardiac surgery at Puerta de Hierro Hospital, Madrid, decided to use his slippers as a vehicle and had run until you get to your workplace.

He traveled 17 kilometers, in 1 hour and 45 minutes, on snowy terrain and with very low temperatures. Despite this, he was happy on his social networks to have come to fulfill his duty and replace their peers, who, due to the low traffic, had to extend their working hours.

The video, which he himself filmed, reached Twitter and quickly went viral. In fact, the Minister of Health Salvador Illa, publicly congratulated him in this same social network and put it as an example.

“After 17 kilometers of pure snow, an hour and three quarters, I can say that I have arrived at the hospital and will be able to do the watch, so nothing, so we are, greetings,” the doctor said. runner.