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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 Versailles Orangerie (French: L'orangerie du château de Versailles) was built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart between 1684 and 1686, before work on the Château de Versailles had even begun. The Orangerie, which replaced Louis Le Vau 's earlier design from 1663, is an example of many such prestigious extensions of grand gardens in Europe ...
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 ...
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).
Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1 March 1626 – 11 November 1688) was a French lawyer, gardener and agronomist who served under Louis XIV.Named director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens by the king in 1670, he created between 1678 and 1683 the Potager du roi ("King's vegetable garden") near the Palace of Versailles.
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 Paper Marigold ') or La Fleur en Papier doré (French, pronounced [la flœʁ ɑ̃ papje dɔʁe], lit. ' The Gilt-Paper Flower ' ) is a historic café / brasserie located at 53–55, rue des Alexiens / Cellebroersstraat in Brussels , Belgium. [ 1 ]
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.