The hamlet of the Queen of France
Hello,
Following the example of the Prince de Conde in Chantilly, Queen Marie Antoinette wants to enjoy his own village pleasures of the countryside with his children. From 1783 to 1785, Richard Mique built Hamlet, Norman style, drawing on designs by the painter Hubert Robert. Twelve cottages surrounded by gardens and florists, were originally located around Grand Lake.
A little distance away was the farm where the queen that he gets the milk used in china Paris in the Dairy, which has a beautiful clean white marble table rebuilt under Napoleon. Located at the foot of the tower of the Fishery, also called Tower of Marlborough, the first construction of Hamlet (1783), it is doubled by a dairy preparation (destroyed).
Marie Antoinette had her own house, the only covered with tiles. The ground floor was occupied by a dining room upstairs were a guard room, a lounge and gaming firm luxuriously furnished this house by Georges Jacob and Jean-Henri was connected to by Billard a wooden gallery.
On the stairs were placed flower pots at the figure of the queen, earthenware St. Clement (manufacture of Lorraine). The intimate that Marie Antoinette invited to the little village also enjoyed all the amenities.
La Grange (destroyed) was used as a ballroom, and there was even a boudoir near the Queen's House . The remaining mill with its waterwheel, Guard House, the Dovecote and the Warming (kitchen).
Contrary to popular belief, this Hamlet was not a creation of operetta. It was a real farm, run by a farmer, whose products fed the kitchens of the Castle.
Under the First Empire, the Hamlet is tastefully refurnished the Empress Marie-Louise (1811). In the early twentieth century buildings are restored through the generosity of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his children.
More recently, the Mill has enjoyed the patronage of Peugeot SA. The farm is to be given up since 1993 in association Assisting Animals that work to restore and enliven it.
So, even a small virtual tour
Good Sunday
xx
Jerome
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