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Garden, Petit Trianon Garden, Palace of Versailles (1768)*

Artist/Designer: Ange-Jacques Gabriel

Project Location: Versailles, France

Figure 1 ( Photographer: Bruce Berkow )
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Style/Period(s):
Classical, Neoclassical

Primary Material(s):
Light

Function(s):
Garden, Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Significant Date(s):
18th Century, 1768

Additional Information:
Publication/Texts in Print:
Baridon, Michael. A history of the gardens of Versailles. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.

Dubois, Jacques. Versailles, a garden in four seasons. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2005.

Kemp, Gérald van der. Versailles: the Château, the Gardens, and Trianon: Complete Guide. New York: Vilo, 1981.

Lablaude, Pierre-André. The gardens of Versailles. Paris: Editions Scala, 2005.



Building Address:
Bosquet de L'arc de Triomphe, Rue des Réservoirs, 78000 Versailles, France

Significant Dates:
1762-1768- Constructed.
1774- House was given to Marie Antoinette by Louis XVI.

Supporting Staff/Designers:
Ange-Jacques Gabriel- Designed the Petit Trianon

Tags:
Palace of Versailles, Chateau Versailles, versailles, french design, french garden, garden, landscape design, petit trianon, marie antoinette, Louis XVI, neoclassical, botanical garden,

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