Following my first upload of the Palace of Versailles, here is a second album showcasing the Gardens of the Palace, another fragment of Louis XIV’s legacy. To the Sun King, the Gardens were equally as important as the Royal Palace. Hence, Louis XIV employed André le Nôtre, the most famous and influential landscape architect in French history, as his royal gardener for the creation and renovation of the Gardens of Versailles. The sheer size of these meticulously trimmed and maintained gardens is overwhelming and indescribable. In this album, I share with you the splendour of the Gardens through my lens.
“It was a garden before being a palace, a celebration before being a garden, a night before being a thousand suns. If you want to understand this Versailles, you must first stroll in its gardens.” – Unknown Author