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The Petit Trianon (French pronunciation: [pəti tʁijanɔ̃]; French for "small Trianon") is a Neoclassical style château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. It was built between 1762 and 1768 during the reign of King Louis XV of France .
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 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.
The Grand Trianon is set within its own park, which includes the Petit Trianon ... and the material used was red marble from Languedoc. [1] Begun in June 1687, the ...
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.
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 ...
An influential building from the late Louis XV period was the Petit Trianon at Versailles (1762–1764), by Jacques Ange Gabriel, built for the mistress of the King, Madame de Pompadour. Its cubic form, symmetric facade and Corinthian peristyle, similar to the villas of Palladio, made it model for the following Louis XVI style.
The temple de l'Amour (English: Temple of Love) is a garden folly of the Château de Versailles, and more specifically, in the Petit Trianon part of it. Bibliography [ edit ]