Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte

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French formal garden historic garden landscape garden

The Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte are a grand 17th-century French formal garden ensemble renowned for their pioneering use of perspective, symmetry, and monumental landscape design.

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Vaux-le-Vicomte gardens 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French formal garden ⓘ
historic garden ⓘ
landscape garden ⓘ
associatedArchitect Louis Le Vau ⓘ
associatedArtist Charles Le Brun ⓘ
commissionedBy Nicolas Fouquet ⓘ
constructionEnd 1661 ⓘ
constructionStart 1656 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
designedAs theatrical landscape ⓘ
designedBy André Le Nôtre ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
hasFeature bosquets ⓘ
canal ⓘ
fountains ⓘ
grand central axis ⓘ
ornamental groves ⓘ
parterres de broderie ⓘ
statues ⓘ
terraces ⓘ
topiary ⓘ
water basins ⓘ
hasView Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte ⓘ
surface form: château of Vaux-le-Vicomte
hasWaterFeature Grand Canal ⓘ
large reflecting pool ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monument historique (France) ⓘ
surface form: Monument historique of France
heritageDesignationDate 1875 ⓘ
influenced French formal gardens in Europe ⓘ
Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
surface form: Gardens of Versailles
knownFor monumental landscape design ⓘ
pioneering use of perspective ⓘ
strong axial symmetry ⓘ
locatedIn Maincy ⓘ
Seine-et-Marne ⓘ
Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form: Île-de-France
locatedNear Melun NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearRiver Almont ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte ⓘ
surface form: Vaux-le-Vicomte
region northern France ⓘ
surface form: north-central France
style Baroque garden ⓘ
jardin à la française ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usesDesignPrinciple axis and symmetry ⓘ
forced perspective ⓘ
geometric composition ⓘ
optical illusions of scale ⓘ

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André Le Nôtre → designed → Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte ⓘ
French formal garden → exemplifiedBy → Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaux-le-Vicomte gardens
Le Nôtre → notableWork → Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte ⓘ
subject surface form: André Le Nôtre
Gardens of Fontainebleau (modifications) → relatedWork → Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaux-le-Vicomte gardens