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The Palace of Versailles , or simply Versailles , is a royal château in Versailles, the Île-de-France region of France. In French, it is known as the Château de Versailles . When the château was...
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Versailles is the most famous garden in the world. Yet 'garden' is scarcely a fitting designation. The scale is monumental and there is little sense Walpole saw Versailles as 'the gardens of a great child' (H&T). Avenues project from Louis XIV's palace towards distant horizons, enfolding town, palace, garden and forest.
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As at Versailles, the buildings were round an inner court with a large one in front, at the sides of which kitchen-gardens and stables were cleverly concealed; and this front court was enclosed by a moat, showing how hard it was to part from the traditional idea that a castle must have trenches as a protection.
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The gardens were among the most enchanting delights at Versailles. The original design was by Andre Le Notre, the master gardener of his time. This design was modified and sometimes changed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart on his appointment as First Architect.
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Figure 3: The layout of the Versailles gardens and park in 1693. The garden was completed according to this plan under the reign of Louis XIV. This last phase of work on Versailles coincided with the establishment of Versailles as the official seat of government.
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Grand Trianon, Petit Trianon, gardens From 1 April to 31 October: Chapel, French pavilion, Belvedere, Queen's Theatre, Temple of Love, Grotto, English garden, Dairy, the Queen's Hamlet. ... Support Versailles...
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Versailles is beautiful. I went with the baron collier marching band to Paris over the Christmas and new years break of 2000-2001. The gardens were beautiful and the palace itself was really neat. I especially liked the kings chapel that was at the beginning of the tour.
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Most of the Gardens of Versailles were laid out by Andre le Notre (1613 - 1700). The gardens cover over 250 acres of land. One of the most amazing things about the gardens are the fountains. The King had to go to great lenghts to pump water from the Seine and Eure out to Versailles.
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He is the keeper of the Gardens of Versailles -- with hundreds of acres of flower beds as meticulously manicured as a beauty queen's nails and trees so ancient they bore witness to the French Revolution. ... Alain Baraton, the keeper of the Gardens of Versailles, has encouraged French gardeners to use local plants through...
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