The Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
The Jardin des Tuileries, Catherine de Medici whim, is the oldest garden in town and was the first public garden.
[Jardin des Tuileries]
From the twelfth century this vast space had been occupied by factories “tuiles” (a kind of tiles, from which it derives its name) and orchards. In 1564, Catherine de Medicis had built there a palace, the Tuileries Palace, surrounded by a large garden Florentine style, where fountains adorned with sculptures stood out, a maze, lots of ornamental and fruit trees, lawns, potted flowers, garden and even a vineyard …
Large lavish receptions and parties were held in these gardens, which by then were the queen’s personal gardens and were surrounded by high walls. In 1594 they planted cypress trees and lots of mulberry trees for silkworm rearing. Stables and cages with birds also had their place in this small paradise.
In 1664, Louis XIV commissioned André Le Nôtre to redesign the garden, opening it to people of high society, was the first public garden in Paris. Its tree-lined avenues, where alternating maple, horse chestnut trees, cypresses and elms, they were populated by statues. Tulips and carnations filled with color spring and summer. Later came the pond, big pond first round, then two smaller ones and finally the west octagonal pool in 1669.
When the court was established at the Palace of Versailles made only at the Tuileries maintenance. On the way back in 1715, it trayeron many statues scattered in the garden.
At the time of the Revolution, the palace and gardens were the center of Republican power. A restructuring plan transformed the Italian garden in English: Increase lawns and pots were replaced by trees and shrubs with fragrant flowers … some, thinking it was too luxurious, suggested use as a garden. The idea did not prosper, but on the contrary, they thought of embellishing with porticoes, lectures, Propylaea … After the fall of Robespierre, this project was abandoned.
In the late eighteenth century garden poured into the neoclassical, full of classical statues restored and taken from the nobility. Orange trees were planted citrus plants and flowers are sold at auctions, while public access was restricted. Napoleon continued the real plan to raise the Louvre to the Palais des Tuileries and built the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, while large parties in back gardens.
In 1862 he built the Jeu de Paume, a sort of space dedicated to a game that could be called the predecessor of tennis.
The events of the Commune in 1870 ended up setting fire to the Tuileries Palace, which was never recovered and finally decided to raze. By the end of the century, the gardens regained their public character and developed important social events such as the “Motor” and celebrations of important dates. The World Wars seriously affected the state of the garden, which was gradually restored to its role festive.
The bicentenary of the revolution in 1889 marked the end of the festivities, to consecrate the Tuileries Gardens as pure space walk. The restoration project tried to respect the history of the garden, retaining ponds, vegetation and sculptures, making a veritable museum of outdoor art.
Source: www.mundocity.com/europa/paris/tullerias.html
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