Marie Antoinette built a pleasure village at Versailles

The customs of court life stifled Marie Antoinette in her early years at Versailles. The awkward young man who chose to practice his passion for locksmithing than attending the balls Marie Antoinette adored was her new husband, which only made matters worse. This is an interesting fact about Marie Antoinette.

The queen started to spend most of her time in the lavish Petit Trianon within the royal grounds after Louis Auguste assumed the throne on May 10, 1774. Here, she surrounded herself with a large number of "favorites" and hosted parties hidden from the court's inquisitive eyes.

She also ordered the creation of the Queen's Hamlet, or Hameau de la Reine, a mimic village with a working farm, a man-made lake, and a watermill that served as Marie Antoinette and her companions' equivalent of an enormous playground.