The Gardens of Versailles

[LouisFerdinand]

Also known as the Chateau de Versailles, the palace served as a home for the French monarchy for centuries.

 

[Nick Turner]

Total rip off. I went there nearly 20 years ago (with a bus) and it cost just 50 Francs to park!!! Take care.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Alternating red and yellow flowers
https://flic.kr/p/pZnCTR

 

[LouisFerdinand]

The daffodils of Spring
https://flic.kr/p/efzi4o

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Cosmos flowers are in various colors
https://flic.kr/p/WunL2F

 

[LouisFerdinand]

A Most Beautiful Garden

 

[DirtMechanic]

I too have been there. The sheer magnitude of what being royal meant to a garden is breathtaking. The royal garden is balanced left and right side.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Each year 50,000 flowers are planted in the gardens. Tuberoses, jasmine, and pinks are three of the varieties along the garden beds.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

To maintain the design, the garden needed to be replanted approximately once every 100 years. King Louis XVI did so at the beginning of his reign.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Cosmos of white and purple
https://flic.kr/p/QmsawU

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Peony Flowering Tulips in a Versailles garden

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/16255248646675655/

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Pink, white and red tulips
https://flic.kr/p/ejuAR3