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Tag Archives: Le Notre

Chantilly – Le Notre’s Water Mirrors

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Karen Blaylock
The Water Parterre

The highlight of my trip to Paris was always going to be a visit to Chantilly. I had visited Versailles, Fontainbleau, Giverny and so on before but never Chantilly. From the aerial photographs it looked breath-taking but that always worries … Continue reading →

Posted in France, Gardens Archive | Tagged Duc d'Aumale, Le Notre, Louis XIV, Northern France, The Grand Conde, Water parterre

Vaux le Vicomte – The Squirrel’s Great Legacy

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Karen Blaylock
Garden from the Viewing Balcony above the Dome

    Beside the Grotto at Vaux le Vicomte can be found a pair of allegorical stone statues of a lion protecting a squirrel. The lion was meant to represent Louis XIV, the tiny squirrel Nicolas Fouquet (whose name in … Continue reading →

Posted in France, Gardens Archive | Tagged Ile de France, Le Brun, Le Notre, Le Vau, Louis XIV, Paris France

Versailles 2 – The Slumbering Giant

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Karen Blaylock
The Fountains of Apollo’s Chariot

It’s a strange sensation when you study the face of someone who’s fallen asleep. You sense that although they are physically with you, they are not really there. It reminds me of when I was a small child lifting my … Continue reading →

Posted in France, Gardens Archive | Tagged France, Ile de France, Le Notre, Louis XIV, Paris, The Musical Fountains Show at Versailles

Versailles 1 – The Grand Vision

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Karen Blaylock
The Water Parterre and West Facade of the Palace

How can a garden be so famous yet so little understood, be so vulgar and so magnificent at the same time, and be a symbol of overwhelming power yet so ravishingly intimate? Versailles somehow manages to be all of these … Continue reading →

Posted in France, Gardens Archive | Tagged France, Ile de France, Le Notre, Louis XIV, Paris

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