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Five subsidiary structures located near the Palace of Versailles have a historical relation with the history and evolution of the palace. Of these five structures – the Ménagerie, the Pavillon de la Lanterne, the Trianon de Porcelaine, the Grand Trianon (also called the Marble Trianon), and the Petit Trianon – two have been destroyed (the Ménagerie and the Trianon de Porcelaine); however ...
The Petit Trianon was built on the site of a botanical garden developed about a decade earlier by Louis XV, within the grounds of the Grand Trianon, Louis XIV's retreat. [1] It was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel by order of Louis XV for his mistress, Madame de Pompadour , and was constructed between 1762 and 1768. [ 2 ]
Maison de la reine and the Tour de Marlborough (left) in the hameau at the Petit Trianon park of Versailles. The Hameau de la Reine (French pronunciation: [amo də la ʁɛn], The Queen's Hamlet) is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for Marie Antoinette in 1783 near the Petit Trianon in Yvelines, France.
Le Grand Trianon: Un palais privé à l'ombre de Versailles (préf. Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel et Jean-Jacques Aillagon). Lathuile/Versailles: Éditions du Gui. ISBN 978-2-9517417-8-2. Ledoux-Lebard, Denise (1989). Versailles, le Petit Trianon : Le mobilier des inventaires de 1807, 1810 et 1839, (préf. Yves Bottineau). Paris: Les éditions de ...
Le Petit Trianon is a historic mansion on the grounds of De Anza College at 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Cupertino, California. The building now serves as the California History Center . History
The Belvédère du Petit Trianon, or Pavillon du Rocher, is a neoclassical garden built by Richard Mique between 1778 and 1781 for the French queen Marie-Antoinette within the Jardin anglais du Petit Trianon on the grounds of the Château de Versailles.
At the Petit Trianon, which was gifted to Marie Antoinette by Louis XVI in 1774, the new Queen dramatically relandscaped the surrounding parkland and gardens. Between 1776 and 1786, the botanic gardens and working farm of Louis XV were obliterated to create an English garden, called the "Anglo-Chinese" garden at the time, which stretched to the ...
The construction of the Petit Trianon, starting in 1762, altered the organization of the formal garden between the menagerie and the fresh Salon. [ a 3 ] The small garden attached to the latter continued to be maintained, the trellises regularly restored, but the parterres were simplified as minds focused on the creation of Marie-Antoinette 's ...