TRIANON

trēänôNˈ, two small châteaux in the park of Versailles, Seine-et-Oise dept., N France. The Grand Trianon was built by J. H. Mansart in 1687 for Louis XIV; Napoleon I sometimes used it as a retreat. The Petit Trianon was built in 1762 by J. A. Gabriel for Louis XV. It was a favorite residence of Marie Antoinette and of the Empress Eugénie.

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books on: Trianon  - 1063 results

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Versailles and the Trianons
Book by Pierre De Nolhac, René Binet; Dodd, Mead & Company, 1906
Subjects: Chateau de Versailles (Versailles, France), Grand Trianon (Versailles, France), Petit Trianon (Versailles, France), Versailles (France)
VERSAILLES AND THE TRIANONS VERSAILLES AND THE TRIANONS BY PIERRE DE NOLHAC DIRECTOR OF THE VERSAILLES MUSEUM...284 CHAPTER VII THE GRAND TRIANON " 326 CHAPTER VIII THE PETIT...
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William Blake's Jerusalem
Book by Joseph Wicksteed; Trianon Press, 1954
Subjects: Blake, William--1757-1827--Jerusalem
...DRAWING. THE ILLUSTRATIONS WERE PRINTED IN DEEPETCHED GRAVURE BY AULARD CIE., PARIS. THE VOLUME WAS PRODUCED BY THE TRIANON PRESS, BOISSIA, CLAIRVAUX, JURA, AND PRINTED IN 10 POINT ELZEVIR LINOTYPE AND NICHOLAS COCHIN IN 1953 BY BERTHOD CIE...
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The Creation of the Rococo
Book by Fiske Kimball; W. W. Norton, 1964
Subjects: Art, Rococo--France, Decoration And Ornament, Rococo--France
...the Petite Galerie, 1685. 25-27. Trianon: Interiors of 1686-1688. Engraved by Pierre Lepautre. 28-31. Trianon: Appartement du Roi, Aile Gauche...1692. Design by Lassurance. 33. Trianon: Chambre de la Duchess de Bourgogne...
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Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism
Book by Richard Frucht; Garland Pub., 2000
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Encyclopedias
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Hungary
Book by Ernst C. Helmreich; Praeger, 1957
...government was forced to sign the Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920. The peace treaty was...would the boundaries of the Treaty of Trianon be accepted; the lands of the Crown of...Hungary not only was confined to the Trianon frontiers, but was forced to cede a small...
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journal articles on: Trianon  - 91 results

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A Statistical Overview of the Hungarian Numerus Clausus Law of 1920-A Historical Necessity or the First Step toward the Holocaust?
Journal article by Gergely Egressy; East European Quarterly, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: College entrance examinations, Education and state--Hungary, Education policy--Hungary, Hungarian Jews--History, Hungarian history, Hungary--History, Jews, Hungarian--History, Social policy--Hungary, Universities and colleges--Entrance examinations
...surveying the effects of the treaty of Trianon (the peace agreement formally ending World...pre-1918 university system. The treaty of Trianon was a national tragedy for the Hungarians...However, the Serbs were forced by the Trianon treaty to return 5,677 km.sup.2 with 404...
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Nineteenth-Century Nostalgia for Eighteenth-Century Wit, Style, and Aesthetic Disengagement: The Goncourt Brothers' Histories of Eighteenth-Century Art and Women
Journal article by Jennifer Forrest; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 34, 2005
Subjects: Authors--Appreciation, Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Authors--Works, Goncourt, Edmond de--Appreciation, Goncourt, Edmond de--Criticism and interpretation, Goncourt, Edmond de--Works, Goncourt, Jules de--Appreciation, Goncourt, Jules de--Criticism and interpretation, Goncourt, Jules de--Works, Writers--Appreciation, Writers--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Works
...support this judgment. About a lunch at Trianon with Princess Mathilde and her entourage...earlier visit to what is probably the Grand Trianon, they note that Louis-Philippe "a colle...methods merged, as when the brothers visited Trianon and Versailles for their study on Marie-Antoinette...
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Stimulus Relations Analysis and the Emergence of Novel Intraverbals
Journal article by Luis Antonio Perez-Gonzalez, Katia Herszlikowicz, Gladys Williams; The Psychological Record, Vol. 58, 2008
Subjects: Early childhood education--Research, Sensory stimulation--Analysis, Verbal learning--Analysis
...Paulo and Santiago, and the parks were El Trianon and El OHiggins (see Tables 9 and 10...el parque de Sao Paulo (el Trianon) Dime el parque de...the park of Sao Paulo (the Trianon) Name the park of...
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The Sopron Plebiscite of 1921: A Success Story
Journal article by John C. Swanson; East European Quarterly, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Austria--Political aspects, History--Eastern Europe, Hungarian history, Hungary--History, Political parties--Hungary
...Treaty of Saint Germain and the Treaty of Trianon with Hungary. The area that would become...following year, 1920, in the Treaty of Trianon, even though, by then, the Communists...had been ceded to them in the Treaty of Trianon. The Austrians and Hungarians also attempted...
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National Sentiment and Foreign Affairs: The Hungarian-Ukrainian Treaty of 1991 in Hungarian Politics *
Journal article by Laszlo Deme; East European Quarterly, Vol. 37, 2003
Subjects: Antall, Jozsef, World politics, World politics--Analysis
...Codification of this arrangement in the Treaty of Trianon reduced Hungary to less than one third...territory. It should also be noted that the Trianon Treaty transferred regions to the successor...17) By the early 1950s the Treaty of Trianon and Hungarian minorities abroad became...
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magazine articles on: Trianon  - 38 results

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White Mischief
Magazine article by Anthony Daniels; National Review, Vol. 47, August 28, 1995
Subjects: Haiti--Political aspects, Haitian foreign relations--United States, United States, United States foreign relations--Haiti
White Mischief. by Anthony Daniels THE verandah of the Oloffson Hotel, made famous as the Trianon by Graham Greene in his novel The Comedians, was recently entirely occupied by American election observers, mainly women. One of...
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The Transylvania Tangle
Magazine article by William Mcpherson; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 18, Winter 1994
Subjects: European Union--Political aspects, Nationalism--Analysis, Transylvania--Politics and government
...one-third of its former size by the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, losing three-fifths of its population...of the 7.2 million inhabitants of post-Trianon Hungary, which had become in fact a "unitary...that Hungary had lost to Romania under Trianon--with a population of 2.6 million. According...
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Hungary's Battle for Memory
Magazine article by John W. Mason; History Today, Vol. 50, March 2000
Subjects: Hungary--History
...which sought to revise the 1920 Treaty of Trianon in the 1920s and 30s, to exploit the nationalist...Hungary was compelled to sign the Treaty of Trianon by which she lost two-thirds of her historic...was complete even before the Treaty of Trianon. The first president of the new republic...
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EBONY Honors Top Women in Marketing and Communications
Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 55, June 2000
Subjects: African American women--Achievements and awards, African Americans in business--Achievements and awards, Businesswomen--Achievements and awards
...at the magazines first annual Outstanding Women In Marketing Communications Award luncheon at the Hilton New York Towers Trianon Ballroom. An overflow crowd of some 500 attended the awards luncheon, which honored 11 women who helped to change the color...
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The Partition of Yugoslavia: A Nazi Plan Recalled
Magazine article by Patrick Thursfield; Contemporary Review, Vol. 279, September 2001
...Yugoslavia was formed in 1920 when signatories to the Treaty of Trianon decided to partition the former Austro-Hungarian empire and...leading his country into war, and brutally murdered. After Trianon, Hungary had found herself not only deprived of a third of...
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newspaper articles on: Trianon  - 66 results

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Gordon's French Frolics; Fine Dining Space: Chef Simone Zanoni in the New Gordon Ramsay Restarant at the Trianon Palace & Spa
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 23, 2008
Subjects: Gordon Ramsay Holdings, Ramsay, Gordon, Restaurant industry
...Fine Dining Space: Chef Simone Zanoni in the New Gordon Ramsay Restarant at the Trianon Palace Spa. Byline: FAY MASCHLER Gordon Ramsay au Trianon *** Trianon Palace Spa, 1 Boulevard de la Reine, ?) Versailles ( 1 ?) ) . LunchFri and Sat...
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Ramsay Heads off Another Kitchen Nightmare at His Foodie Palace of Versailles; REVENGE IS SWEET: Ramsay Cant Wait to Get Back at the French with His Restaurant in the Trianon Palace Hotel, Above
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 6, 2008
Subjects: Restaurants
...the French with His Restaurant in the Trianon Palace Hotel, Above. Byline: Toby...had promised to open at the five-star Trianon Palace Hotel in Versailles onJanuary 1...Michelin stars, the restaurant at the Trianon was achance to win back prestige. He was...
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Weave Some Winter Magic
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 26, 2007
Subjects: Auction firms, Guild.com Inc.
Weave Some Winter Magic. Byline: Barbara Chandler Autumn collections from Designers Guild (right) include Trianon wallpaper, pounds sterling36 per 10m roll; silks at window, from Taillandier collection, from pounds sterling75 to pounds sterling135...
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AND FINALLY... OnThe LINE
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 2, 2009
...Byline: Daniel King A MAN has been arrested after securing thousands of pounds of cash advances from the prestigious Trianon Palace Hotel in Paris after saying he was the brother of Manchester United star Patrice Evra. United fans are more worried...
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The Treat of VERSAILLES
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 9, 2005
...Megane but bear with me) led us to the Trianon Palace, Versailles only five-star hotel...against him. You need days to enjoy the Trianons, the Apartments, the Hall of Mirrors and...couple in sight. We drove past the Petit Trianon (which housed both Madame de Pompadour...
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encyclopedia articles on: Trianon  - 31 results

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Trianon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TRIANON treanoN , two small chateaux in the park of Versailles , Seine-et-Oise dept., N France. The Grand Trianon was built by J. H. Mansart in 1687 for Louis XIV; Napoleon I sometimes used it as a retreat. The Petit Trianon was built in 1762 by J. A. Gabriel for Louis XV. It was...
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Trianon, Treaty Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TRIANON, TREATY OF 1920, agreement following World War I in which the Allies disposed of Hungarian territories. The internal...World War I (excluding the United States and Russia, who did not sign it). The treaty, signed on June 4, 1920, at the Grand Trianon Palace at Versailles, France, reduced the size and population of Hungary by about two thirds, divesting it of virtually...
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Bethlen, Count Stephen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Little Entente . The chief aim of his foreign policy was the revision of the post-World-War-I Treaty of Trianon (see Trianon, Treaty of ); a treaty of friendship (1927) with Italy advanced this cause. Bethlen survived a scandal over the...
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San Ildefonso , Town, Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Near the town is the Spanish royal summer residence, called La Granja, built by Philip V (1721 23) in imitation of the Grand Trianon at Versailles, where the king spent his childhood. The complex consists of a palace; collegiate church; and celebrated fountains...
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Subotica
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...agricultural machinery. Originally a Roman outpost, Subotica became a royal free city of Hungary until its transfer by the Treaty of Trianon (1920) to the former Yugoslavia. It became part of Yugoslavias constituent republic of Serbia following World War II...
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