Trianon
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either of two palaces in Versailles, the Grand Trianon or the Petit Trianon, built in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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the Treaty of Trianon.
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Between 1774 and 1785, Marie Antoinette redesigned the house and gardens of Le Petit Trianon, a satellite chateau of Versailles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
The bucolic setting between the Petit Trianon and the English Gardens of Marie Antoinette welcomed a playful menagerie of sculpted bronze animals dispersed mainly outdoors.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
In 1920, the Treaty of Trianon gave this area to Czechoslovakia.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2023
Marie Antoinette's own extravagances ran to near-constant renovations of her palace Petit Trianon.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2022
"Please don't say anything. Even if Sophia asks about me being in Trianon."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Rare books and manuscripts were spirited away from shelves of the National Library; the Chateau de Versailles and the Trianons, stripped of their furnishings, lay empty and bare.
From Time Magazine Archive
August 25 was the birthday of the Empress Marie Louise, and this was celebrated at the two Trianons, which were full of memories of Louis XIV. and of Marie Antoinette.
From The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
The Trianons may be reached in half an hour from the railway station, but the distance is considerable, and a carriage very desirable, considering all the walking inside of the palaces to be accomplished.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
The afternoon was devoted to the gardens and the Trianons.
From Patty in Paris by Wells, Carolyn
Madame Beauharnais, I am very happy to see you at the two Trianons.
From Josephine Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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