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Petit Trianon


In college I took semesters and semesters of History of Architecture classes.
Out of all of the structures studied (5 years and hundreds of buildings), The Petit Trianon is my personal favorite.

Its a building I reference in my head multiple times a day.
I often find myself doodling it on scraps of paper

I MUST VISIT IT

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  1. ArchitectDesign™September 16, 2010 at 9:00 AM

    which is how I felt years ago. Then I started to research it intensely, collecting rare books and finally visited last year. I think I did about 100 blog posts on the P.T. and still get email asking for the hard to find plans and drawings that I have! I could go on all day!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2010 at 10:48 PM

    My favorite building. Simple and so elegant and imposing. You can see the Petit Trianon's influence on many buildings and mansions (there are some awful copies out there as well). Have you seen the 2006 film "Marie Antoinette", there are great scenes filmed all around Versailles and the Petit Trianon.

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