{"id":500,"date":"2021-02-15T16:27:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T15:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chateaudechantilly.fr\/gardens\/large-le-notre-flowerbed\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T12:27:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:27:46","slug":"andre-le-notre-s-french-style-garden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chateaudechantilly.mdw.ovh\/en\/grounds\/andre-le-notre-s-french-style-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Andr\u00e9 Le N\u00f4tre\u2019s French-style garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Le N\u00f4tre\u2019s favourite gardens<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The large French-style landscaped garden in Chantilly provides the most stunning viewpoints of the visit. It includes immense mirrors of water reflecting the sky, numerous fountains and water features, and an exceptional collection of statues. Of all the gardens created by Andr\u00e9 Le N\u00f4tre, those of Chantilly were his favourite, as he wrote in 1698 to the Count of Portland: “Remember all the beautiful gardens in France, Versailles, Fontainebleau, Vaux-le-Vicomte, the Tuileries and especially Chantilly”<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9 J\u00e9r\u00f4me Houyvet<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Designed with sumptuous balance and harmony<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Designed during the second half of the 17th century by Andr\u00e9 Le N\u00f4tre, the future gardener of Versailles, for Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Cond\u00e9, better known as the Great Cond\u00e9, the French-style garden in Chantilly is a rare example of a layout with an axis that is off-centre in relation to the ch\u00e2teau<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The greatest number of water features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Of all the gardens designed by Le N\u00f4tre in the 17th century, Chantilly is undeniably the one with the largest ponds and the greatest number of water features<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its complete restoration in 2009 made it possible, while fully complying with traditional techniques, to rediscover the full extent of the ingenuity of the water-supply network, considered a major feat in its time and thanks to which the fountain sprays can measure up to five metres in height.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u00a9 Gary Otte<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a9 H\u00e9lices et Cam\u00e9ra<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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The Grand Canal, a monumental creation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Grand Canal, which is 2.5 km long<\/strong> and longer by 600 metres than that of Versailles, was created via a diversion of the Nonette, a tributary of the river Oise channelled by Le N\u00f4tre. This monumental creation, which already intended to compete with the Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles, was a great source of pride for the gardener.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The characteristics of the French-style garden<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The French-style garden is distinct in its geometric layout, which is often symmetrical, made up of flowerbeds, groves and ponds, dotted with statues and animated by enchanting water features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The French-style garden symbolises the triumph of order over disorder, of culture over the wilderness, of reflection over spontaneity. It is characterised by a theatrical staging of the garden, the aim being to surprise the visitor with a play on perspective.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u00a9 Gary Otte<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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