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The Hall of Mirrors measures about 250 ft long and contained 17 windows with beautiful views matched to 17 arched mirrors where nobles dressed like ninnies could watch each other dancing. The palace was stripped of most of its furnishings during the French Revolution. In October 1789 a mob forced the royal family to leave Versailles for Paris, and in 1792, Versailles was abandoned. All of the furniture was sold and all the art was brought to museums.
Later, the palace was used as a meeting hall for the signing of the Treaty Versailles that ended World War I. In 1830's the French government decided to open up the palace as a national museum.
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