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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

2,500 revelers in baroque costumes dance until dawn at Versailles' masked ball

APTOPIX Versailles Great Masked Ball - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Dressed in their finest baroque costumes and signature masks, guests danced the night away at the Palace of Versailles.

On Saturday night, the Great Masked Ball brought together 2,500 costumed revelers, who partied until dawn from the iconic Orangerie to the Ballroom Grove, an amphitheater of greenery laid out in the grandiose gardens designed by André Le Nôtre.

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