Belvédère
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: neoclassical garden built between 1778 and 1781 for Marie-Antoinette
- Also known as: “Belvédère du Petit Trianon” and “Pavillon du rocher”
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: Urban, 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 320 metres southwest of Belvédère.
Bassin du Trèfle
Photo: Groume, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bassin du Trèfle is situated 150 metres west of Belvédère.
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.
Belvédère
- Category: folly
- Location: Versailles, Arrondissement of Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.81672° or 48° 49′ 0″ northLongitude
2.10841° or 2° 6′ 30″ eastOpen location code
8FW4R485+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 427280007OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q2419553
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Belvédère”. Photo: Starus, CC BY-SA 3.0.