Jardin du Luxembourg is the first French garden which is influenced by Italian Baroque. The reason is simple. This garden was build to complement the Palace which was built by the order of Marie de Medicis, King Henry IV’s widow, who wanted to have an imitation of Pitti Palace of her hometown, Florence. The palace was built on the top of Luxembourg Hotel after she purchased it in 1911. The construction of the palace and the fountain was commissioned to Salomon de Brosse.
In 1612, Marie de Medicis started to build the garden by planting 2,000 elm trees and hired some notable gardeners. One of them was Tommaso Francini, a gardener who built a park in Florence where Marie de Medicis used to go to. Francini then build two terraces with balustrades, Medici Fountain at the east of the palace, parterres along the chateau’s axis, and an artificial grotto.
5 Things...
- trees-des arbres
- benches-bancs
- palace-palais
- artificial grotto-grotte artificielle
- two terraces-deux terrasses
FOOD!
du pot-au-feu
Eclair au chocolat
What do I hear?
Children laughing-infants rient
Qu'est-ce que tu as fait?
A Jardin du Luxembourg, je me suis assis près de l'étang.
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