The Village Of The Last Queen Of France

Hameau de la Reine village is considered "proof" of the lavish lifestyle of one of the most famous queens in the world.
Hameau de la Reine village of the last Queen of France
Marie Antoinette (1755 - 1793) was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born in Austria and was only 14 when she married Louis-Auguste, who would later be crowned French Emperor Louis XVI. In 1783, Marie built the Hameau de la Reine (Queen's Village) near the Palace of Versailles.
The hameau-style villages were very popular with 18th-century French aristocracy, the most famous being Hameau de Chantilly in the garden of the Élysée palace

. The small village, modeled after a farm in Normandy, has seven thatched-roofed buildings with a rustic appearance, but the interior is extremely lavish, often used for concerts, games and meals. big party. The Queen is very impressed with Hameau de Chantilly and wants to have her own place Finally, the village of Queen Marie was completed in 1786.




The Queen's Village viewed from above. Photo: Noblesse & Royautés.
There is a large meadow with a lake and a stream surrounding it, the ancient Temple of Love on an island with fragrant bushes and flowers, an octagonal tower named Belvédère. A series of buildings in the village are built in different styles, each with a specific function and located in the middle of the garden. The biggest and most famous of them all is the Queen's House, which is connected to the billiard room by a wooden hallway.
The Queen actually turns the village into a place for a relaxing walk, or holding small gatherings. In fact, there is also a farm where the Queen claims it is intended to educate the royal children about nature and animals The farm has a dairy cow, a flock of sheep, a pigeon cage, a warehouse, and a factory.




Marie Antoinette and her friends will disguise themselves as shepherds or milk cows, roaming around the village pretending to be peasants. In fact, they still have full amenities of the royal lifestyle. A group of peasants are actually appointed by the Queen to take care of the farm and livestock, and grow fruits and vegetables for meals. Sometimes Marie Antoinette milked cows and sheep by herself to experience the taste of authentic country life.
Marie Antoinette took great pride in her hameau, a nineteenth-century historian noted: “The queen would invite the king and the royal family to village parties. There, at a table under a honeysuckle tree, the Queen herself will pour coffee for everyone, proudly bragging about how creamy the cream is, how fresh the egg is, the sweet taste of strawberries … As the clearest proof of her skills in taking care of her village.
The Mill, a factory in the village of Hameau de la Reine, has no function other than decoration. Photo: Alex Drop / Flickr.




The village of Hameau de la Reine is surrounded by a system of fences and solid walls, only those close to the Queen are allowed to enter. This led people to speculate that Queen Marie set the village as a secret meeting place with the nobility. When the French Revolution broke out, Marie Antoinette was accused of depleting the nation's wealth, leaving people in misery, financial crisis. She was executed on October 16, 1793. Some scholars believe that Marie Antoinette and her frivolous lifestyle were among the causes of the French Revolution, while others believe that the Queen was unfairly treated and gave her attitude. more sympathetic to the accusations she has suffered.
Much of the village of Hameau de la Reine still exists today and is regarded as a testament to the lavish life of Queen Marie, because it was born in the midst of the French depression. In addition to the part that was badly damaged and completely destroyed during the war, what remains was renovated in the late 1990s and is open to tourists.



Completely destroyed parts were also restored from 2016-2018, and become the home of many animals cared for by an animal protection organization.
The interior of the Queen's house. Photo: EntMag.
To visit Hameau de la Reine village, you need to purchase a ticket to enter inside the Trianon garden of Grand Trianon Palace, located northwest of Versailles. Ticket price is 12 Euro, visitors have to pay 7 Euro if you want to visit the interior of the buildings here. To get to Versailles from Paris, you can take the RER C train from any central station in the city, priced at 3.7 Euro.
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