Chateau De Versailles
Paris
What do you do if your a King? I know build an over the top garden, full of waterfalls, small cascades, decorative ponds, loads of fountains, grottos and nymphaeums, spouts and sprays, mirrors, sheets of water and games! Oh and dont forget the odd grand canal and portable orange grove. The garden is divided into lots of separate secret gardens, separated by huge hedges and linked by avenues. For those members who like clipped and formal, you would be in clipping heaven, I feel for the people in charge of hedges! I have to say it is very over the top and Louis XIV sure new how to spend money....
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| Three Fountains Grove |
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| Three Fountains Grove |
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| Three Fountains Grove |
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| Fountain of Apollo's Chariot |
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| Fountain of Apollo's Chariot |
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| Fountain of Apollo's Chariot |
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| Avenues linking the gardens |
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| The art of a good clipper |
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| Ballroom |
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| Colonnade Grove |
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| Encelade Grove |
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| Mirror Fountain |
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| Kings Garden, the only garden with flowers in it! |
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| Kings Garden |
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| Kings Garden |
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| Grand Canal in the background |
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| Neptune Fountain |
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| Neptune Fountain |
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| Orangerie, my favorite part of the garden, it all gets moved inside in the winter |
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| Orangerie |
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| Main Palace |
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| Pyramide Fountain |
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| Water Avenue |
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| Water Parterres |
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| and this ladies is why we shouldnt let boys in the G3! |
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