A first palace was erected in 1670 by architect Louis le Vau at the previous location of a village called Trianon, which Louis XIV had wiped out. This first…
The Italy-inspired palace has 2 single-storey aisles linked with a peristyle. It is ornamented with pink marble pilasters and green marble columns. Louis XIV…
Louis XV and his mistress Madame de Pompadour lived in the palace in the 18th century. In 1805 Napoleon gave the Trianon to his mother Madame Mère and…
King Louis-Philippe modified again the arrangement of the rooms in the palace in 1836-1838. In 1920, the Hungary independence treaty was signed in Trianon. …
The peristyle.
Peristyle.
Pinks marble columns of the peristyle.
Peristyle.
Grand Trianon gardens.
Mirrors room, used as a coucil room by Louis XIV. The wood panels and mirrors are from 1687-1689 with alterations in 1706. The room was used as a large study…
Mirrors room.
Mirrors room.
Mirrors room.
Empress room: this bedroom was created in 1691 at the former location of 4 small buffet rooms and intended for Louis XIV, then for his son the Grand Dauphin. …
