The Petit Trianon at Versailles was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Louis XV, who had it built for Madame de Pompadour, though she died before completion. Louis Le Dreux de La Châtre was commissioned to build it. The infobox and text agree on construction from 1762 to 1768.
The article calls the style Neoclassical, transitioning from Rococo. It is limestone, and the main staircase is Saint-Leu limestone. The plan is square, about 75 feet (23 m) per side, on three floors with about 1,458 square meters of floor area.
Louis XVI gave it to Marie Antoinette in 1774. Its furnishings were auctioned in 1793, and Empress Eugénie helped make it a museum in 1867. UNESCO listed it in 1979. It is open as part of the Versailles museum estate. The article gives no hours.
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