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Category Archives: Historic gardens & landscapes

Parque de Monserrate, Sintra, Portugal

April 24, 2015by jardinsalanglaise 6 Comments

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 […]

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Historic gardens & landscapes

Le Potager du Roi, Versailles

November 18, 2013by jardinsalanglaise Leave a comment

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 […]

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Historic gardens & landscapes

Chemin des Dames, Aisne

November 11, 2013by jardinsalanglaise Leave a comment

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 […]

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Cemeteries, Historic gardens & landscapes

Giuseppe Penone at Versailles

November 6, 2013by jardinsalanglaise Leave a comment

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 […]

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Art & sculpture, Historic gardens & landscapes

Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

November 3, 2013by jardinsalanglaise Leave a comment

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 […]

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Cemeteries, Historic gardens & landscapes

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