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Originally designed in 1671 as two separate water features, the larger – Île du Roi – contained an island that formed the focal point of a system of elaborate fountains. The Île du Roi was separated from the Miroir d'Eau by a causeway that featured twenty-four water jets. In 1684, the island was removed and the total number of water jets ...
The Place des Vosges (French pronunciation: [plas de voʒ]), originally the Place Royale, is the oldest planned square in Paris, France. It is located in the Marais district, and it straddles the dividing-line between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris. It is the oldest square in Paris, just before the Place Dauphine.
These streets were designed to form a single axis crossing Le Marais. [3] In 1874, the Rue des Archives was created by the merger of: [4] the part of the Rue du Chaume between the Rue Rambuteau and the Rue des Haudriettes; the Rue du Grand-Chantier, between the Rue des Haudriettes and the Rue Pastourelle;
The Château de Marly painted by Pierre-Denis Martin in 1724. The Château de Marly (French pronunciation: [ʃato də maʁli]) was a French royal residence located in what is now Marly-le-Roi, the commune on the northern edge of the royal park. This was situated west of the palace and garden complex at Versailles.
After Montdory's founding of the Théâtre du Marais, intense rivalry between the two companies caused the Comédiens du Roi to engage in costly disputes with both their chief playwright, Jean Rotrou, and the leaseholders of the Bourgogne. Nevertheless, under the leadership of Bellerose the troupe became the recipient of royal patronage and ...
Apple River (corruption of the French Rivière Pomme de Terre des Cygnes, which in turn is a translation from the Ojibwe Waabiziipinikaani-ziibi, "River abundant with swan potatoes") Argonne (from the Forest of Argonne in France) Ballou; Belle Plaine ("beautiful plain") Bellevue ("beautiful view") Benoit; Bois Brule River ("burnt wood")
André Le Nôtre was born in Paris,a family of gardeners.Pierre Le Nôtre, who was in charge of the Tuileries Garden in 1572, may have been his grandfather. [3] André's father Jean Le Nôtre was also responsible for sections of the Tuileries gardens, initially under Claude Mollet, and later as head gardener, during the reign of Louis XIII.
French regional natural parks (in green), national parks (in red) and marine natural parks (in blue). A regional nature park [1] or regional natural park (French: parc naturel régional or PNR) is a public establishment in France between local authorities and the French national government covering an inhabited rural area of outstanding beauty in order to protect the scenery and heritage as ...