Parks & Gardens
Parks & GardensVersailles
Louis XIV built this airy Italian-style summerhouse to escape the suffocating etiquette of his own court. The rose-colored marble catches afternoon sun, the peristyle frames perfect garden views, and the whole place breathes with an intimacy the main Château can't match.
Tips
June 12 at 12pm
Step into the wilder side of Versailles. This exhibition traces how 18th-century gardens broke free from rigid French symmetry, embracing winding paths, grottos, and fantasy follies inspired by English and Chinese ideals. Nearly 160 paintings, furniture pieces, and costumes reveal how nature became a language for emotion and Enlightenment philosophy, with rare works by Hubert Robert and a reunited Fragonard triptych you won't see elsewhere.
VersaillesOpens Friday at 12:00 PM
Parks & GardensParks & GardensLouis XIV built this airy Italian-style summerhouse to escape the suffocating etiquette of his own court. The rose-colored marble catches afternoon sun, the peristyle frames perfect garden views, and the whole place breathes with an intimacy the main Château can't match.
Tips
June 12 at 12pm
Step into the wilder side of Versailles. This exhibition traces how 18th-century gardens broke free from rigid French symmetry, embracing winding paths, grottos, and fantasy follies inspired by English and Chinese ideals. Nearly 160 paintings, furniture pieces, and costumes reveal how nature became a language for emotion and Enlightenment philosophy, with rare works by Hubert Robert and a reunited Fragonard triptych you won't see elsewhere.