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Gardens in Val-D'Oise: Domaine of Villarceaux, Royaumont Abbey, Chateau D'Ambleville, Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon

Gardens in Val-D'Oise: Domaine of Villarceaux, Royaumont Abbey, Chateau D'Ambleville, Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon


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Chapters: Domaine of Villarceaux, Royaumont Abbey, Chateau D'ambleville, Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon, Jardin Botanique de Sannois Des Plantes Medicinales. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Domaine of Villarceaux is a French chateau, water garden and park located in the commune of Chaussy in the Val d'Oise Department of France, 65 kilometers northwest of Paris. Domaine de Villarceaux, The manor and water gardenThe Domaine is currently managed by the Regional Council of the 'Ile-de-France for 99 years, on an agreement with the owners of the domaine, the Fondation Charles Leopold Mayer. The park contains a manor house from the 16th century and a chateau in the style of Louis XV from the 18th century. The gardens are classified among the Notable Gardens of France. The gardens contain a rare 18th century ornamental feature called a vertugadin (eng: farthingale), modelled after the hoop skirts of the 18th century, surrounded by statues brought from Italy. The gardens are located on the site of a medieval castle from the 11th century, built to protect France from the British, who at that time occupied Normandy, the neighboring province. Many vestiges of the medieval fortifications remain in the park. A manor house and French water garden was built there in the 17th century. In the 18th century a chateau in the style of Louis XV was built on a rocky hill overlooking the water garden. One famous resident in the 17th century was Ninon de Lenclos, the author, courtesan, and patron of the arts. Another was Francoise d'Aubigne, the future Madame de Maintenon and future wife of King Louis XIV, who lived there after the death of her first husband, the poet Paul Scarron, at the invitation of her friends the Montchevreuil, cousins of the Marquis of Villarce...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2084548


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158627653
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 20
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 45 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158627653
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Domaine of Villarceaux, Royaumont Abbey, Chateau D'Ambleville, Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon
  • Width: 229 mm


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