Ange-Jacques Gabriel end of the expensive Seven Years' War Louis XV approved the plans, and between 1763 and 1768 the small chateau was constructed. The building was cubic, and each facade was different; each was decorated with pilasters, columns and pediments in perfect proportion and harmony. The facades of the Petit Trianon represented in its most pure form the emerging style of Neoclassicism in France. Much of his attention was devoted to modifications of the Palace of Versailles desired by Louis XV. The palace lacked a proper opera theater; a theater had been commanded under Louis XIV in 1682 for the end
Escape to the Chateau (TV series) attracts many English house hunters. That was the same story with Dick and Angel as when they first started house hunting in France they were looking ad more modest properties such as small farmhouses, until they realised that at such low prices, they could buy a small chateau. For 280,000 pounds, they purchased a chateau that lists 45 rooms, a walled garden and surrounded by a moat on a 12 acre property, 10 times the size of the average British house. However, the show makes viewers aware of the large restoration and running costs of such projects, which can become