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The Potager du roi (Kitchen Garden of the King), near the Palace of Versailles, produced fresh vegetables and fruits for the table of the court of Louis XIV. It was created between 1678 and 1683 by Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie , the director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens.
The holdings today include 6,963 specimens of the herbarium collection of Joseph Tournefort, donated on his death to the Jardin du Roi. [9] The major addition to the garden in the late 18th century was the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes. It was proposed in 1792 by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, the intendant of the gardens, in large part to ...
The jardin à la française evolved from the French Renaissance garden, a style which was inspired by the Italian Renaissance garden at the beginning of the 16th century. . The Italian Renaissance garden, typified by the Boboli Gardens in Florence and the Villa Medici in Fiesole, was characterized by planting beds, or parterres, created in geometric shapes, and laid out symmetrical patterns ...
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A century later, in 1817, Louis XVIII ordered the Île du Roi and the Miroir d'Eau to be completely remodeled as an English-style garden. At this time, the bosquet was rechristened Jardin du Roi (Marie 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984; Thompson 2006; Verlet 1985).
Garden of the Fresh Pavilion. Ange-Jacques Gabriel's design for the "Nouveau jardin du Trianon", 1751. The Fresh Pavilion is located at the end of the southern branch of the Latin cross forming the French Garden. Opposite is the menagerie. The aisle opposite the Fresh Salon leading to the French Pavilion is the same width, in order to preserve ...
L'entree du Jardin Turc, by Louis-Léopold Boilly, Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum. The Jardin Turc ("Turkish Garden") in the boulevard du Temple, Paris, was a café and music garden that was a popular rendezvous in the city's Marais district from the time of the First French Empire throughout the 19th century.
Ohio State quarterback Will Howard (18) holds a rose in his mouth as he poses with the trophy after the team won the quarterfinals of the Rose Bowl College Football Playoff against Oregon ...