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Hace 6 días · The gardens of Versailles were planned by André Le Nôtre, perhaps the most famous and influential landscape architect in French history. Behind the palace, the ground falls away on every side from a terrace adorned with ornamental basins, statues, and bronze groups.
26 de jun. de 2024 · Well, all of these French spaces were designed by André Le Nôtre, a man so influential in the art of the French formal garden, that it’s believed he even influenced Charle l’Enfant’s Plans for the US Capital close to a century following his death.
25 de jun. de 2024 · Né en 1613 et mort en 1700, André Le Nôtre est sans conteste l’un des personnages les plus remarquable du Grand Siècle. Jardinier indissociable du roi Louis XIV, il va largement contribuer à faire rayonner l’art du jardin à la française dans toute l’Europe.
Hace 4 días · Over a hundred years later, King Louis XIV’s famed landscape architect, André Le Nôtre, completely revamped the entire garden, transforming it into a space accessible to the “well-dressed public.”
Hace 5 días · Designed by André le Nôtre for King Louis XIV, the Château de Versailles is a nugget to be discovered at least once in your life. Here are 5 things you need to know about this formidable historic site, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
12 de jun. de 2024 · Later in the same century, André Le Nôtre landscaped the broad, shady avenue and extended it to the crest of the hill on which the Arc de Triomphe now stands. In the 18th century the whole came to be called the Champs-Élysées.
13 de jun. de 2024 · These gardens, designed by the legendary landscape architect André Le Nôtre, were commissioned by King Louis XIV in the late 17th century and have since become a quintessential symbol of French grandeur and elegance.
