Petit Trianon

[annette]

I just read that the Petit Trianon at Versailles is reopening after a 5 million Euro rennovation. It is supposedly restored to the way it was when Marie Antoinette last saw it. Maybe this will help make up for the Jeff Koons exhibit!

Here is a clip from the news:

cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=9880179&ch=4226715&src=news

[Anne]

Thank you Annette, I have visited the place many years ago and wasn't very impressed by it, found it a bit sad . Now they seem to have conducted quite a thorough work of renovation .

BTW, the guy who translates in English what the French men say has a very funny accent, I find it difficult to understand him . What accent is this ?
I guess that I have become over-sensitive to accints since I met Migan ;D ...

[annette]

Hmmm...Scottish or Irish I would guess, Anne

[GitteK]

Petit Trianon should not be seen separately from Le Hameau and Grand Trianon - and the surrounding gardens.

I find these 3 locations in the park to be the real highlights of a visit to Versailles, much more than the main castle. To me it is not so much a question of being impressed, but more of thinking back on the people who used to live here: what they felt and thought.

[MaisonMetz]

Here are two articles on the same subject, one in English - an AP release by Angela Doland, and the other in French by Claire Bommelaer from Le Figaro:

Marie Antoinette's refuge at Versailles reopens: ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hA66tCmGCfOaphJMB_NYZHLxiXtAD93D858O1

À Versailles, le résurrection du Petit Trianon: www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2008/09/25/03004-20080925ARTFIG00384--versailles-la-resurrection-du-petit-trianon-.php

Jo