Baroque architecture – Travels With Tricia

Putting Malta in the Limelight: Valletta’s Manoel Theatre

Opened in Valletta in 1732, the Manoel Theatre has hosted knights, generals, and heads of state.

A Day at Versailles: Visiting the Palace of the Sun King

The golden entryway to the Versailles Palace, on a blue sky day.

On a September day that was replete with sunshine, we voyaged to Versailles, the decadent Baroque palace of France’s roi soleil (sun king). As Shawn and I wandered among the palace’s 250 gardened acres and peered through windows into the gilded interiors — just as a subject might have done 300 years ago — I was remindedContinue reading “A Day at Versailles: Visiting the Palace of the Sun King”