French Pavilion of Versailles
The French Pavilion was built for Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour by Ange-Jacques Gabriel in the French Garden of the Petit Trianon, in the grounds of the Château de Versailles.Photo: Gilles Messian, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain.
- Type: Building
- Description: Wikimedia disambiguation page
- Also known as: “Pavillon français, Trianon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Queen’s Theatre and Grand Trianon.
Queen’s Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Théâtre de la Reine ou Théâtre du Trianon is a theater built for Queen Marie-Antoinette by the architect Richard Mique from June 1778 to July 1779.
Grand Trianon
Photo: Crochet.david, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 maîtresse-en-titre of the time, the Marquise de Montespan, and as a place where he and invited guests could take light meals away from the strict etiquette of the royal court. Grand Trianon is situated 220 metres west of French Pavilion of Versailles.
Glacière
Building
Photo: Starus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glacière is a building, which is situated 120 metres north of French Pavilion of Versailles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hameau de la Reine and Le Chesnay.
Hameau de la Reine
Locality
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hameau de la Reine 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 Chesnay
Suburb
Photo: Henrysalome, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Chesnay is a former commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt.
Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt
Town
Photo: Henrysalome, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, in the department of Yvelines. It was established on 1 January 2019 from the amalgamation of the communes of Le Chesnay and Rocquencourt.
French Pavilion of Versailles
- Category: folly
- Location: Versailles, Arrondissement of Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.81519° or 48° 48′ 55″ northLongitude
2.1075° or 2° 6′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8FW4R484+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 194534704OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q15311040
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“French Pavilion of Versailles” goes by many names.
- French: “pavillon français”
- French: “Pavillon français”
- German: “Pavillon français”
- German: “Pavillon Français”
- Italian: “Pavillon français (Petit Trianon)”
- Italian: “Pavillon français del Petit Trianon”
- Italian: “Pavillon français di Versailles”
- Russian: “Французский павильон”
- Spanish: “Pabellon frances”
- Spanish: “Pabellón francés”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Le jardin Français and Trois enfants jouant avec des poissons.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Glacière and Angelina.
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