French Pavilion
The Pavillon français ( German French Pavilion ) is a garden pavilion in the park of the Petit Trianon northwest of Versailles Palace . It was built in 1750 by the French architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Louis XV. and Madame de Pompadour erected.
The pavilion forms the heart of the French garden . Its high French doors open on all sides on its lines of sight . Created both as the center and natural extension of the “new royal garden”, it served as a music, game and conversation room for private enjoyment. The building is considered a prime example of the Louis-quinze style . Its unusual floor plan is based on an octagonal hall, which is flanked by four small adjoining rooms arranged in a cross shape.
In the ornamental facade, cross-frame windows are let into each side , which are surmounted by mascarons . They represent the seasons and come from Jules-Antoine Rousseau . On the roof there is a balustrade on which eight groups of vases and eight groups of children are arranged, depicting allegories for the four seasons and the four elements . The now gilded wall paneling inside the circular central hall was designed by Jacques Verbeckt and was originally painted with pastel colors, which created a rural atmosphere. Eight Corinthian columns support a cornice adorned with various chicken and duck birds , alluding to the nearby menagerie .
Converted into a café during the French Revolution , the pavilion was again used as a ballroom during the Imperial Era, as it was during the Ancien Régime , before slowly falling into disrepair. At the end of the 19th century, it was restored true to the original for the first time before it was subjected to another full restoration in 2008. Since 1862 it has been classified as a Monument historique together with the Versailles Palace and its outbuildings , and on October 31, 1906, this title was renewed by decree. The publicly accessible pavilion is managed by the Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon and belongs within the palace complex to the Domaine de Marie-Antoinette , which brings together the places of residence of Marie-Antoinette .
Web links
- The pavilion français (French)
- The French pavilion as a 3D model in SketchUp's 3D warehouse .
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos: Ange-Jacques Gabriel, L'héritier d'une dynastie d'architectes . Éditions du patrimoine, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-7577-0217-8 , p. 71.
- ↑ entry no. PA00087673 in the Base Mérimée (French) of the French Ministry of Culture.
Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 55 ″ N , 2 ° 6 ′ 27 ″ E