Parque de Monserrate, Sintra, Portugal
The park and palace of Monserrate My post this month falls into the “and elsewhere” category of my blog title, as I deserted France to lead a tour around Portuguese […]
Category Archives: Historic gardens & landscapes
Le Potager du Roi, Versailles
The Potager du Roi was built for King Louis XIV, the magnificent ‘Sun King’, to provide fruit and vegetables for his table and to feed the court at Versailles. The […]
Chemin des Dames, Aisne
The Chemin des Dames is a road that runs atop a ridge in the plain that stretches from Soissons to Reims. It was a bitterly contested part of the western […]
Giuseppe Penone at Versailles
Giuseppe Penone (b. 1947) is an Italian artist and a member of the Arte Povera movement. His work is concerned with creating contact between people and nature. The exhibition of […]
Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
The 1st of November is La Toussaint (All Saints), a bank holiday in France, and the day when French families visit the tombs of their friends and relatives. Tradition dictates […]
