FRENCH PAVILION ESSENCE / 18th century architecture of love

+JEAN BAPTISTE ANTOINE VALENTIN+

+VERLOIN de GRUY /  >LORD DUMINI+

+FOUCHARD >(ECUYER de LA FOLIE)+

+(PAGE du ROI)+

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>gruy first ancestor >to leave the versailles hall of mirrors<

>security for the >wilds of new orleans< rabid dog packs<

+(GOOGLE :>>>> EUGENE RAY /+

+VALENTIN VERLOIN de GRUY)+

>running through the streets at night< >looking for prey<

>as a young just commissioned officer of french marine<

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+YOUNG VALENTINE VERLOIN de GRUY+

+LEFT VERSAILLES AFTER CHRISTMAS+

>(he was >preceded by relatives<

>w/ perry, dreux & dagobert dna)<

+1738 ARRIVING NEW ORLEANS 3 / 1739+

+HIS FATHER COLONEL FOR LOUIS 14th+

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>legend in the degruy family suggests<

>young jean baptiste antoine >left the<

+(KING >LOUIS 15th WAS+

+A CHILDHOOD FRIEND)+

>versailles security because of a love<

>affair w/ a >lady of the kings family<

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 >saint simon (french court diarist) dna<
>entered the degruy family dna via the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / SAINT SIMON)+
>sacrement of marriage / the pavilions<
>of love were scene of secret romance<
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 >tonight's blog is about the "pavilion's"<
>(small remote chateau) built primarily<
+(PAVILIONS  as >SMALL+
+CHATEAUX FOR LOVE)+
>for >romantic liaisons to be easily and<
>comfortably enjoyed in relative secrecy<
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 >french king louis 15th was a friend<
>of the young verloin degruy in their<
+CHATEAU de SUISNES+
>youth at versailles / louis 15th had a<
>reputation as the most romantic king<
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 +DESERT de RETZ+
>chinese pavilion ruin expresses<
>french fascination w/ the orient<
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 +DESERT de RETZ+
>temple of pab expressed french<
>fascination with greek romance<
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+DESERT de RETZ RUINS+
>the >"desert de ritz" ruins in france<
>reflect a fascinating combination of<
+(PAVILIONS OF POETIC+
+FRENCH >ROMANCE)+
>poetic ruins w/ >romantic pavilions<
>in the >lyrical landscape< of france<
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>"pavilion français" at versailles was built<
>for >french king louis xv< & madame de<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / KING LOUIS XV)+
>pompadour in >1750< just before young<
>verloin degruy was killed in indian wars<
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 +PAVILLON d'AURORE+
>was and still is celebrated for musical<
>entertainments in the >park of secaux<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / LA VALENCIA HOTEL)+
>reminds of >marianne and i >who met<
>listening to music at la valemcia hotel<
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 +CHATEAU de SUISNES+
>this >interesting details chateau pavilion was<
>once the home of famed admiral bougainville<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / LLOYD A. RAY)+
>synchronistically our uncle lloyd a. ray was a<
>army lawyer in w.w. 2  >on bougainville isle<
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+JACKIE EVENCHO+

>as i was constructing this blog appeared<

>on television / >she is now 16 years old<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+ / FRENCH CHANSONS)+

>and sings >synchronistically very like a<

>french chanson singer low and romantic<

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 +BAGATELLE / (BOIS de BOULOGNE)+
>built in 64 days by the count de artois the<
>brother in law of marie antoinette who is<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / MARIE ANTOINETTE)+
>rumored in the degruy family to have had<
>a love affair w/ the first degruy in the u. s.<
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+DESERT de RETZ RUIN+

>this "folly"< is >considered the >french<

>most interesting< 18th century building<

+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+

+ / FRENCH SURREALIST)+

>this >ruined column tower concept was<

>inspiration to french / italian surrealists<

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+"LES PAVILLONS OF THE+

+EIGHTEENTH CENTURY"+

>written by jerboa zerbe & cyril connolly<

>is one of the most favorite books in my<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+ FRENCH ROMANCE)+

>library and stresses the french devotion<

>to >eccentric pavilions devoted to love<

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+MARIANNE & i >VERY GRATEFUL+

+FOR A VISIT YESTERDAY BY TWO+

>(yuman young & spouse betty/<

>julie andrews & spouse simon)<

+SDSU >MFA GRAD ALUMS< FROM+

+THE 1980s / BOTH GREAT TALENTS+

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>please see my Facebook pg. for<

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+YUMAN'S GIFT TO ME OF A+

+BOX WORK OF ART W/ REF.+

>(yuman's origami bird<

>is a >treasure< inside)<

+TO NIELS BOHR / E. JOISEL+

+(JOISEL IS ORIGAMI STAR)+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu