an antechamber with fountains;
a ballroom with a waist-high transparent dome;
a grav shaft to a secret, sealed office beneath the ballroom;
towers, the highest with a waist-high transparent dome;
a cantilevered garden above a fountain;
trianons -
- so I imagine that one trianon is an exact one-to-one miniature of the Palace, lived in by the Emperor when not entertaining.
However, having been out all day and about to go out again this evening, I do not really have time for much more imagination today.
High is heaven and holy.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Actually, a trianon does not have to be an exact imitation of a greater palace. Louis XIV and Louis XV had the Grande and Petite Trianons at Versailles designed to be less elaborately and officially formal than Versailles proper. Yes, the Trianons were meant to enable the kings to relax from the stiff etiquette of public life with their closest friends. And sometimes they were used for housing more distant members of the royal family.
So we should imagine the trianons mentioned here being smaller palaces set at some distance from the Coral Palace.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
Agreed trianons are not exact imitations but I like the idea of one that is.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I checked, and some buildings in the US, public and private, were inspired by the Petite Trianon. Such as the Kentucky Governor's Mansion.
Ad astra! Sean
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