Aerial photos of the Potager du Roi
Reported by Eric Lefèvre & Nathalie Normand.
The Potager du Roi in December as you've never seen it before!
Le Potager du Roi de Versailles
was built from 1678 to 1683
by Jean-Baptiste La Quintinye
at the request of Louis XIV...
The Potager du Roi in December
as you've never seen it before!
Grille du Roi Louis XIV
leading to the Pièce d'Eau des Suisses,
then to the Orangerie and the Château.
Every day, the King visited
his kitchen garden and admired Mr La Quintinye's innovations
.
E.N.S.P
Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Paysage.
Amazing Dragon-shaped hedge!
Statue of JB La Quintinye
admiring the center of the Potager and its pond.
Creation of a corn spiral (2nd year)
by ENSP students.
Vaulted cellars and canning rooms in the kitchen garden;
these vaults are located
on either side of the kitchen garden
and one of them opens onto rue Hardy.
Greenhouses and Potager Collections.
View of Saint-Louis Cathedral.
Central and major part of the Potager du Roi.
Pond and straight path
leading from Grille du Roi
to rue du Maréchal Joffre.
Home of Jean-Baptiste La Quintinye.
