| Terrasse (6)
La terrasse
Espaces verts - between 1684 and 1685
La façade du corps principal du Château est dotée d'une terrasse décorée de quatre statues de bronze. Deux vases de marbre sont disposés aux deux angles extérieurs.
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| Bassin d'Apollon (1)
Le bassin d'Apollon
Fontaines et bassins - 1639
Further along the east-west axis is the Bassin d'Apollon - the Apollo Fountain. Occupying the site of Rondeau/Bassin des Cygnes of Louis XIIII, the Apollo Fountain, which was constructed 1668-1671, depicts the sun god driving his chariot to light the sky.
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| Bassin de Latone (1)
Le parterre de Latone
Fontaines et bassins - between 1668 and 1670
Located on the east-west axis just west and below the Parterre d'Eau, is the Bassin de Latone. Designed by André Le Nôtre, sculpted by Gaspard and Balthazar Marsy, and constructed between 1668-1670, the fountain depicted an episode from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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| Bassin du Midi (12)
Le parterre d'Eau
Fontaines et bassins - between 1684 and 1685
Le Parterre d'Eau s'étend devant la façade du corps central du Château, au pied de la Galerie des Glaces. De vastes bassins rectangulaires, creusés et aménagés en 1684 et 1685 face à la terrasse, sont décorés par huit sculptures de bronze représentant les fleuves et les rivières françaises.
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| Bassin du Nord (12)
Le parterre d'Eau
Fontaines et bassins - between 1684 and 1685
Le Parterre d'Eau s'étend devant la façade du corps central du Château, au pied de la Galerie des Glaces. De vastes bassins rectangulaires, creusés et aménagés en 1684 et 1685 face à la terrasse, sont décorés par huit sculptures de bronze représentant les fleuves et les rivières françaises.
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| Bosquet de la Girondole (9)
Les bosquets
Espaces verts - between 1661 and 1663
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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| Bosquet des Dômes (9)
Les bosquets
Espaces verts - 1675
Built in 1675, Bosquet de la Renommée featured a fountain statue of Fame - hence the name of the bosquet. With the relocation of the statues from the Grotte de Thétys in 1684, the bosquet was remodeled to accommodate the statues and the Fame fountain was removed.
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| Bosquet des Sources - La Colonnade (2)
Les bosquets
1684
Designed as a simple unadorned salle de verdure by Le Nôtre in 1678, the landscape architect enhanced and incorporated an existing stream to create a bosquet that featured rivulets that twisted among nine islets. In 1684, Jules Hardouin-Mansart completely redesigned the bosquet by constructing a circular arched double peristyle.
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| Bosquet du Dauphin (9)
Les bosquets
Espaces verts - 1696
The 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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