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The Musical Fountains Show GROVES & FOUNTAINS not to be missed! THE MUSICAL FOUNTAINS SHOW The Versailles groves, designed by André Le Nôtre, are small enclosed areas hidden at the heart of the wooded IN FIGURES parts of the Château’s garden. The 15 groves are decorated 72 4pm to 2:30pm from & 12pm to 11am with fountains, vases and statues, accessed by secret paths. from shows They brought surprise and fantasy to the Royal Garden. displays Water in 2018 Louis XIV and his court went there for light meals, to listen 7pm to 10am to music or dance. The King could also enjoy gambling and from the theatre in these open air drawing rooms exclusively displays Musical 600 A closed circuit water dedicated to entertainment and amusement. water consumption of 7pm to 9am from features 3 Groves exceptionally open exceptionally Groves 4500 m 55 per hour THE GRAND PERSPECTIVE pools & A major road link runs from east to west through the entire fountains city of Versailles connecting the royal domain to Paris. music. baroque of rhythm the to fountains the of Within the park, from the Water Garden to the Grand Canal, display water with open, exceptionally are groves A team of A 35 km passing by Latona’s Fountain, the Great Lawn, and Apollo’s Versailles, de Château the of gardens the in Stroll Fountain, this link designed by André Le Nôtre in the 1660s piping system unchanged since is called the Grand Perspective. 13 fountain the 17th century LATONA’S FOUNTAIN engineers The statues of this recently restored fountain illustrate the legend of Diana and Apollo’s mother protecting her children against the insults of the peasants of Lycia and demanding 15 77 vengeance from Jupiter who changed them into frogs. groves open hectares of Latona’s Fountain was built under Louis XIII and modified exceptionally formal French by Jules Hardouin-Mansart between 1687 and 1689. It is gardens surrounded by the Lizard Pools. in an APOLLO’S FOUNTAIN 850 hectares park Apollo’s Fountain was dug under Louis XIII ; Louis XIV had 700 topiaries 300 000 it decorated with the magnificent group in gilded lead, flowers planted executed by Tuby, after drawings by Le Brun, representing each year 155 Apollo on his chariot. statues Jean-Marie Leclair • Sylla & Glaucus 235 vases Jean-Baptiste Lully • Persée 1770 Jean-Philippe Rameau • Dardanus THE GROVES FROM THE SKY BALLROOM Ballroom was designed and laid out by Le Nôtre between 1680 and 1685 and is the only grove to have survived in its original condition until today. It is decorated with a semi- circular cascade decorated with millstones and seashells brought back from the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea by the Royal Navy. Jean-Marie Leclair • Sylla & Glaucus Jean-Baptiste Lully • Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs Jean-Philippe Rameau • Dardanus MIRROR POOL Louis XIV commissioned the Mirror Pool in 1702. The Crystal Wings Group shows rhythmical musical fountain displays, to the sound of music by Charpentier and Lully, in the spirit of Toucan Le Nôtre, but with the latest technical methods. © 2018 MAP CHÂTEAU DE VERSAILLES DE CHÂTEAU View over the Great lawn, the Apollo's fountain and the Jean-Baptiste Lully • Reprise de la marche pour la cérémonie Grand Canal. Partial view of the Colonnade grove (on the left), des Turcs the Enceladus Grove and the Grove of the Domes (on the right). Marc-Antoine Charpentier • Te Deum Jean-Baptiste Lully • Te Deum COLONNADE GROVE To discover the French style gardens With its circular peristyle punctuated by 32 ionic columns, of Versailles with the gardeners, La Colonnade is more of a “mineral” than a “green” grove fountain engineers and curators and was designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1684. of Château de Versailles, The Musical Fountains Show The Night Fountains Show download the application Henry Madin • Te Deum pour les victoires de Louis XV Saturdays and Sundays from Saturdays from 16th June “JARDINS DE VERSAILLES” Jean-Marie Leclair • Scylla & Glaucus 31st March to 28th October to 15th September Jean-Philippe Rameau • Dardanus Tuesdays from 22nd May to 26th June From 8:30pm to 11:05pm For more information about groves, pools Friday, March 30th, Tuesday, May 8th, and fountains. Thursday, May 10th, Wednesday, The Royal Serenade ENCELADUS GROVE th August 15 in the Hall of Mirrors The grove shows the Titan Enceladus, punished for his pride From 9am to 7pm by the Mount Olympus gods. This composition by Le Nôtre Saturdays from 16th June FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL NETWORKS The Musical Gardens to 15th September was restored in 1997. 5 sessions of 40 minutes from Tuesdays from 27th March to 15th May chateauversailles.spectacles • 6:30pm to 7:50pm Luigi Cherubini Requiem pour Louis XVI (except 1st May) and from 3rd July André Campra • Tancrède to 30th October th th @CVSpectacles chateauversailles Jean-Philippe Rameau • Fridays from 6 April to 26 October Dardanus From 9am to 7pm #MUSICALFOUNTAINSSHOW APOLLO’S BATH GROVE In 1776, this pre-romantic grove, landscaped by the painter Hubert Robert, was laid out in the fashionable style of the “folly” gardens of the time, with its surprising rock shelte- ring the three magnificent groups of marble sculptures of Apollo and the Nymphs (recovered from the Thetis Grotto, THE MUSICAL FOUNTAINS SHOW built by Louis XIV), created by Marsy, Guérin, Girardon and AT HOME! Regnaudin. WATER THEATRE GROVE This grove was designed by André Le Nôtre between 1671 Grand shows Court Costumes and 1674; it was restored in 2015 by the landscape gardener at the Orangerie Fêtes Galantes Louis Benech for the contemporary garden and the sculptor Verdi: Requiem A fancy dress evening in the Hall Jean-Michel Othoniel for the sculpture-fountains. Concert at the Orangery of Mirrors th Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris 28 May at 7:30pm Situated close to the Water Theatre Grove, the Golden (direction Lionel Sow) The Grand Masked Ball of Château Children Fountain was created in 1709 by Jules Hardouin- Orchestre national d'Ile-de-France A music program for the Fountains Shows. de Versailles Enrique Mazzola, direction CD available in all Château de Versailles shops Mansart. After major restoration works it reopened in 2017. Orangery of Château de Versailles May 27th at 4pm 23rd June from 11:30pm to dawn or on outhere-music.com NEPTUNE FOUNTAIN Marie-Antoinette and on boutique chateauversailles.fr Neptune Fountain was designed and dug out in the shape of Fireworks Show at the Orangery Baroque Splendours Fireworks Groupe F a hemicycle as in antique theatres. Armed with his trident, Royal Opera, Royal Chapel, Christophe Berthonneau, artistic Hercules Salon, Hall of Mirrors Neptune, the ocean god, sends graceful sprays of water up direction Louis XIV's day, Phaéton, th th th th th into the sky. NEW IN 2018: Water display every 15 minutes 29 June and 5 , 6 , 11 , 12 July Philippe Jaroussky, Filippo Mineccia, from 10am to 7pm. at 10pm Franco Fagioli, Eric Jurenas… Jean-Philippe Rameau • Dardanus Jean-Marie Leclair • Scylla & Glaucus Musical Season Historical water display: as at the Mirror Pool Every year the Royal Opera and the Royal Chapel of Château de Versailles welcome the greatest international artists for an exceptional program of THREE FOUNTAINS GROVE concerts, operas and ballets. Louis XIV quite probably designed this grove himself, but litter. it was his faithful gardener Le Nôtre who supervised its INFORMATION – BOOKING not execution from 1677 to 1679. A simple decor of lawn, marble, 0033 1 30 83 78 89 • www.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr Do rockeries and shells, also remarkable because of the total absence of statues, gives it an elegant and graceful atmos- Givry . Administrative address: Château de Versailles Spectacles de Pavillon des Roulettes – Grille du Dragon – 78000 Versailles phere. Garnier J. © Giovanni Rovetta • Messe pour la naissance de Louis XIV Thomas Cover : Pancrace Royer • Pyrrhus © 100 M MENAGERIE LITTLE VENICE GATE GATE GRAND CANAL Grand and Petit Trianon, Marie-Antoinette’s Estate APOLLO’S FOUNTAIN ADUS EL GR C O N V E E NADE N GR LO O O V KING’S GARDEN E OBELISK GROVE CHESTNUT C GROVE G R O V S E E O M F THE DO SATURN GREAT FLORA FOUNTAIN LAWN FOUNTAIN MIRROR POOL ROUTE DE SAINT-CYR GIRANDOLE DAUPHIN’S GROVE GROVE STAR GROVE CERES FOUNTAIN GOLDEN CHILDREN BACCHUS FOUNTAIN FOUNTAIN BA WATER LATONA’S FOUNTAIN O’S TH QUEEN’S GROVE L G THEATRE & PARTERRE L R O O P GROVE QUEEN'S V A E GATE NEPTUNE GATE M O O BALLR BOULEVARD DE LA REINE WATER PARTERRE THREE FOUNTAINS DRAGON F GROVE O ORANGERY PARTERRE U SOUTH PARTERRE NORTH PARTERRE N NEPTUNE T WATER WALK A I N FOUNTAIN PYRAMID TRIUMPHAL ARCH GROVE DRAGON GATE Opening from 12pm to 7pm RUE DE L'INDÉPENDANCE AMÉRICAINE RUE DES RÉSERVOIRS CHÂTEAU DE VERSAILLES Mini-train: Stairs IN THE GARDENS TODAY circuit to Trianon GROVES EXCEPTIONALLY OPEN 9am › 7pm HONOUR Musical fountains show COURTYARD Electric cars MUSICAL DISPLAY 10am › 7pm ticket office Information Bicycle rental FOUNTAINS WATER DISPLAYS Château de Versailles ticket office 10am › 7pm Rowing boats Every 10 minutes: Mirror Pool Entrance / Exit Every 15 minutes: Neptune Fountain TOUTE LA Restaurants JOURNÉE Continuously: Water Theater Grove SUGGESTED WALKS Free toilets Snacks 11am › 12pm Grand perspective: Water Parterre, Latona’s Fountain, MORNING Apollo’s Fountain Morning walk Facilities for visitors with reduced mobility Picnic area 11:15am › 11:45am Orangery Parterre, Estimated time: 1h30 Ballroom, Bacchus Fountain, Souvenirs MORNING Lost and found Saturn Fountain, Chestnut Grove, Book shop Colonnade Grove, Girandole Grove AFTERNOON Afternoon walk 2:30pm › 4pm Grand perspective, Estimated time: 2h Apollo’s Bath Grove, Pyramid, Water walk, Triumphal Arch Grove, NOTICE TO VISITORS Dragon Fountain, Three Fountains Grove, Golden Children Fountain, Keep your ticket with you and show it at control points.
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