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* 1763-64 Two gates for the city of Nancy: the ''Porte Sainte-Catherine'' and the ''Porte Stanislas'' already show the neoclassical taste..
* 1765 : Plans for the Sainte-Catherine barracks at [[Nancy]].
* 1767-72 : Buildings for an [[Ursuline]] convent in the town of [[Versailles]] for [[Maria Leszczyńska]]. The convent now houses the Lycée Hoche. Migne's first two plans were rejected.The third, executed design is similar to [[Jacques-Germain Soufflot]]'s Church of Sainte-Genevieve in [[Paris]].
* 1775-84 : All the structures, including the bridge, that form the picturesque hamlet, the ''[[Petit hameau|Petit Hameau]]'' in the garden of the [[Grand Trianon]] at [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]]. Mique carried it out in its naturalistic ''jardin anglo-chinois'' laid out in collaboration with the painter Hubert Robert; for inspiration, he was directed to visit the Anglo-Chinese park at [[Ermenonville]] (Higonnet 2002: 29).
* 1775-85 : Church of the Carmelites [[Saint Denis Basilica|Basilica of Saint-Denis]], for the aunt of [[Louis XVI]], [[Princess Louise-Marie of France|Madame Louise]], aunt of [[Louis XVI]], who had become a nun in the convent at Saint-Denis. Madame Louise dictated in detail the subjects she wanted for the sculptural decorations. The neoclassical building, with a Corinthian portico adapted from the Roman [[Maison Carrée]] at [[Nîmes]], was consecrated 28 May 1784.
* 1778-79 : The private theatre of [[Marie Antoinette]] at the [[Petit Trianon]].
* 1778-81 : The octagonal Belvedere (1778-81)<ref>A version of the circular [[Temple of Vesta, Tivoli]].</ref>, consecrated to the Seasons, the Pavillon du Rocher and the Temple de l'Amour<ref>It was built to house [[Edmé Bouchardon]]'s ''Love fashioning a bow from the club of Hercules'', now at the [[Musée du Louvre]].</ref> in the newly-informal gardens of the [[Petit Trianon]] at Versailles. The Temple of Love, visible from the Queen's bedroom, was the setting for many fêtes (Higonnet 2002: 28)
* 1780 : Hotel de l'Intendance, Versailles