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Petting Goats at the Hameau de la Reine
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Petting Goats at the Hameau de la Reine

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I am petting goats at Marie Antoinette’s pastoral retreat in Versailles. The Hameau de la Reine, built in the 1780s, offered the queen an escape into a stylized rural world. The animals were part of her model farm, blending rustic charm with courtly play in a living tableau of idyllic simplicity.
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