The Louis XV style, also called Louis Quinze, is a style of architecture and decorative arts that appeared during the reign of King Louis XV of France. From about 1710 to 1730 (the Regence period) it largely extended the earlier Louis XIV style. From about 1730 to 1750 it grew more original, decorative and exuberant as the Rocaille style, under the influence of the king's mistress Madame de Pompadour, marking the start of the European Rococo movement. From 1750 until the king's death in 1774 it became more sober and ordered, beginning to show the influence of Neoclassicism. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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between circa 1700 and 1750 during the regency and reign of Louis XV
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The Louis XV style or Louis Quinze (, French: [lwi kɛ̃z]) is a style of architecture and decorative arts which appeared during the reign of Louis XV. From 1710 until about 1730, a period known as the Régence, it was largely an extension of the Louis XIV style of his great-grandfather and
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The park contains a manor house from the 16th century and a château in the style of Louis XV from the 18th century.
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