The Grand Trianon of Versailles, part IV !!!

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I will take on again, the Grand Trianon interiors on this post.  Of course, plenty more in my blog but just found older paper pictures that I like to show them here as additional information on these wonderful mansions. This is  a wonderful huge property seen best from the side of the ave de Versailles, by the Porte Saint Antoine. Versailles is it !!! can’t stop bragging lived here for 9+ wonderful years, Let me tell you about the Grand Trianon of Versailles, part IV !!! Hope you enjoy this post as I

Due to the white and blue Dutch tiles used for the interiors, it received the nickname “Trianon de Porcelaine”. This decor in a fresh tone, without gold or bronze, suited such a building, intended for snacks. Le Nôtre designed a magnificent garden which underwent several embellishments over the following decade. This graceful Trianon did not last long: in 1687, the King had it completely razed to build in its place the marble Trianon that we know today.

The Hâ-Hâs alley is a traffic lane of the Versailles gardens, it begins south on the Bailly alley and ends around 700 meters north on the allée du Rendez-Vous. It takes its name from the Hâ-Hâs which are deep ditches preventing intrusion but allowing to respect a visual continuity of perspective and to accentuate the effect of depth. Jules Hardouin-Mansart used this process in the Trianon domain.

Versailles Grand Trianon allée des hâ hâs c2010

The Boudoir of Empress Marie-Louise, this room will be attached to the apartment that Louis-Philippe had set up in the old kitchens of Louis XIV., It was access to this apartment, now assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the reception of hosts, through the left door located on the left of the fireplace, She lives with pain the dismantling of the Holy Empire caused by Napoleon, who made her father, who became François Ier, a simple emperor of Austria in 1806. At the end of the second campaign of Austria, she learned that he wish marry her, just divorced by Joséphine de Beauharnais. First reluctant to this project, it ends up yielding, and the union of the two spouses took place first in Vienna, March 11, 1810. Civil marriage took place in Saint-Cloud on April 1, followed the next day of a religious ceremony at the Salon Carré du Louvre. On March 20, 1811, she gave an heir to the emperor, titled King of Rome Napoleon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte The son and heir to Napoleon I.

Versailles Grand Trianon boudoir imp marie louise aile du midi c2010

The Château de Versailles on the Grand Trianon : https://www.chateauversailles.fr/decouvrir/domaine/trianon/grand-trianon

The city of Versailles tourist office on the Grand Trianon: https://en.versailles-tourisme.com/the-grand-trianon.html

There you go folks, some more of my favorite Domaine (including palace, trianon, hameau etc), a dandy in beautiful Versailles, the most Royal of all French cities and the base of the new French constitution. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Grand Trianon of Versailles,part IV as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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