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Personal Narrative: Behind The Petit Trianon
The excursion of the first year of the art history bachelor always goes to Paris. At first I wasn't happy that I was placed in the parks and gardens group, until of course I thought about Versailles! We had a whole day to visit Versailles and we needed it. We walked so much that I was literally limping at the end of the day. I guess sometimes you have to make sacrifices to see beautiful things.

Everyone who visits Versailles walks through the castle. Most people also walk around in the Versailles gardens, where the most famous fountains are. But not everyone visits the Grand Trianon and the Petit Trianon. I don't blame them, it takes a lot of walking to see all the gardens in one day. But because I was there with a group of art history students and a very enthousiastic teacher, we walked around in all the gardens. …show more content…
The story goes that queen Marie Antoinette didn't like being at court. So to escape, she started living in the Petit Trianon, a relatively small villa outside the Versailles gardens. Behind the Petit Trianon, she had two gardens constructed: one English garden with meandering paths and volley's and one garden with a little
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