Petit Trianon Petit Trianon The Petit Trianon (; French for "small Trianon"), built between 1762 and 1768 during the reign of Louis XV of France, is a small château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. The park of the Grand Trianon includes the Petit Trianon. The Petit Trianon was built on the site of a botanical garden developed about a decade earlier by Louis XV, within the grounds of the Grand Trianon, Louis XIV's retreat from the Palace of Versailles to the southeast. It was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel by the order of Louis XV for
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