Grand Trianon

Look along the low facade and the columns that leave the garden visible through the middle. The architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart built this residence for Louis XIV in 1687, replacing the earlier Porcelain Trianon. The king could come here with family and chosen guests away from the larger court at the main palace. Most of the original furnishings were dispersed during the Revolution. Napoleon later refurnished the residence, and the rooms now bring together seventeenth-century decoration and nineteenth-century furniture. In the South Wing, the Empress’s Bedchamber makes that change especially clear. The Peristyle connects the two wings and opens towards the flower gardens. In the twentieth century, the restored Trianon also hosted foreign guests of the French Republic.