What may appear to be part of the magnificent Palace of Versailles at first sight is actually just a previously mundane block of flats in Kiev, Ukraine. /VCG Photo

Vladimir Chaika, a senior living in the residential building, has spent 16 years turning the staircase into a replica of the resplendent 17th century palace. /VCG Photo

The block was decorated with lavish embossments, carpets as well as reproductions of famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci and Viktor Vasnetsov, creating a very regal ambience. /VCG Photo