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  Worldvisitguide > Places > The Versailles Park... > French Sculpture > Bosquet de la Girondole
Bosquet de la Girondole
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The Versailles Park and Gardens
French Sculpture

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Espaces verts

Periode : between 1661 and 1663
Area related : Versailles

Located north and south of the east-west axis, two bosquets were arranged as a series of path around four salles de verdure and which converged on a central "room" that contained a fountain. In 1682, the southern bosquet was remodeled as the Bosquet de la Girondole, thus named due to spoke-like arrangement of the central fountain.

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These two bosquets were first laid out in 1663. The northern bosquet was rebuilt in 1696 as the Bosquet du Dauphin with a fountain that featured a dolphin. During the replantation of 1774-1775, both the Bosquet de la Gironodole and the Bosquet du Dauphin were destroyed. The areas were replanted with lime trees and were rechristened the Quinconce du Nord and the Quinconce du Midi (Marie 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984; Thompson 2006; Verlet 1985).
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