Heading in a southeasterly direction to Versailles, just outside of Paris, brings us to the fairytale cottages pictured at left and below. Built as part of a rustic retreat for Marie Antoinette on the vast park-like grounds of the Pal-
ace of Versailles, they are among twelve cottages erected at her Ham-
eau de la Reine (The Queen's Hamlet) between 1785 and 1792.