Grand Trianon
The Grand Trianon is a French Baroque style château situated in the northwestern part of the Domain of Versailles in Versailles, France. It was built at the request of Louis XIV as a retreat for himself and his erstwhile maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan, and as a place where he and invited guests could take light meals away from the strict etiquette of the royal court.
- Palace
- …lies at an elevation of around 120 metres (400 feet)
- Description: palace situated in the northwestern part of the Domain of Versailles
- Also known as“Le Grand Trianon”“Trianon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Queen’s Theatre and Bassin du Fer à Cheval.
Queen’s Theatre
The Théâtre de la Reine ou Théâtre du Trianon… Queen’s Theatre is situated 290 metres northeast of Grand Trianon.
Bassin du Fer à Cheval
Bassin du Fer à Cheval is situated 160 metres west of Grand Trianon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hameau de la Reine and Notre-Dame.
Hameau de la Reine
The Hameau de la Reine is a rustic retreat in the park…
Grand Trianon
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Latitude
48.81449° or 48° 48′ 52″ north
Longitude
2.10478° or 2° 6′ 17″ east
Open location code
8FW4R473+QW
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Grand Trianon” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Trianon Handia”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Трыянон”
- Catalan: “Grand Trianon”
- Chinese: “大特里亚农宫”
- Croatian: “Veliki Trianon”
- Czech: “Velký Trianon”
- Dutch: “Grand Trianon”
- Dutch: “Groot Trianon”
- Esperanto: “Grand Trianon”
- Esperanto: “Granda Trianon”
- Finnish: “Grand Trianon”
- French: “Grand Trianon”
- French: “Le Grand Trianon”
- French: “Trianon de marbre”
- Galician: “Grand Trianon”
- German: “Grand Trianon”
- German: “Grosses Trianon”
- German: “Großes Trianon”
- German: “Trianon de Porcelain”
- Greek: “Μεγάλο Τριανόν”
- Hebrew: “הטריאנון הגדול”
- Hungarian: “Nagy-Trianon”
- Irish: “Grand Trianon”
- Italian: “Grand Trianon”
- Italian: “Grande Trianon”
- Japanese: “大トリアノン宮殿”
- Korean: “그랑 트리아농”
- Macedonian: “Голем Тријанон”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand Trianon”
- Norwegian: “Grand Trianon”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Grand Trianon”
- Portuguese: “Grand Trianon”
- Romanian: “Marele Trianon”
- Russian: “Большой Трианон”
- Rusyn: “Великый Трианон”
- Scots: “Grand Trianon”
- Serbian: “Велики Тријанон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Grand Trianon”
- Slovak: “Veľký Trianon”
- Spanish: “Gran Trianón”
- Swedish: “Grand Trianon”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Тріанон”
- Vietnamese: “Grand Trianon”
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