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Aerial view of the famous patte d'oie at the entrance to the Château de Versailles. The French term patte d'oie (literally "goose foot", in English sometimes referred to as a "crow's foot" [1]) describes a design whereby three, four, or five or more straight roads or paths radiate out from a central point, so called from its resemblance to a goose's foot.
The decorative motifs of Louis XVI style were inspired by antiquity, the Louis XIV style, and nature.Characteristic elements of the style: a torch crossed with a sheath with arrows, imbricated disks, guilloché, double bow-knots, smoking braziers, linear repetitions of small motifs (rosettes, beads, oves), trophy or floral medallions hanging from a knotted ribbon, acanthus leaves, gadrooning ...
The Grand Trianon in summer Peristyle of the Grand Trianon. The Grand Trianon (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ tʁijanɔ̃]) is a French Baroque style château situated in the northwestern part of the Domain of Versailles in Versailles, France.
Palace of Versailles (1661–1710). The Louis XIV style or Louis Quatorze (/ ˌ l uː i k æ ˈ t ɔːr z,-k ə ˈ-/ LOO-ee ka-TORZ, - kə-, French: [lwi katɔʁz] ⓘ), also called French classicism, was the style of architecture and decorative arts intended to glorify King Louis XIV and his reign.
The chief architect of the King was Jacques Gabriel from 1734 until 1742, and then his more famous son, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, until the end of the reign.His major works included the Ecole Militaire, the ensemble of buildings overlooking the Place Louis XV (now Place de la Concorde; 1761–1770), and the Petit Trianon at Versailles (1764).
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The floor is covered with marble in a variety of patterns and colours: turquoise blue and Campan green, Languedoc red and Italian cherry, and veined white. [20] Under the Ancien Régime, it was covered in winter with a carpet from the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, designed by Jean-Baptiste Chevillion [20] and perfectly suited to its circular ...
Cocoa was the top-performing commodity of 2024. The price of the bean surged as headwinds battered key producers. Prices are likely to stay high into 2025, analysts at ING said.