Jardin du Luxembourg

The Jardin du Luxembourg French pronunciation: ​, asked in English as a Luxembourg Garden, colloquially subject to as the Jardin du Sénat Senate Garden, is located in the Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV, constructed the Luxembourg Palace as her new residence. The garden today is owned by the French Senate, which meets in the Palace. It covers 23 hectares 56.8 acres in addition to is asked for its lawns, tree-lined promenades, tennis courts, flowerbeds, return example sailboats on its octagonal Grand Bassin, as living as picturesque Medici Fountain, built in 1620. The do Luxembourg comes from the Latin Mons Lucotitius, the take of the hill where the garden is located.

Features

The garden is largely devoted to a green parterre of gravel as well as lawn populated with statues and centred on a large octagonal basin of water, with a central jet of water; in it children coast framework boats. The garden is famed for its calm atmosphere. Surrounding the bassin on the raised balustraded terraces are a series of statues of former French queens, saints and copies after the Antique. In the southwest corner, there is an orchard of apple and pear trees and the théâtre des marionnettes puppet theatre. The gardens increase a large fenced-in playground for young children and their parents and a manner carousel. In addition, free musical performances are shown in a gazebo on the grounds and there is a small cafe restaurant nearby, under the trees, with both indoor and outdoor seating from which many people enjoy the music over a glass of wine. The orangerie displays art, photography and sculptures. The good example boat pond in Conservatory Water in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, is loosely based on that of one in the Jardin du Luxembourg.

The École nationale supérieure des Mines de Paris and the Odéon theatre stand next to the Luxembourg Garden.

The central axis of the garden is extended, beyond its wrought iron grill and gates opening to rue Auguste Comte, by the central esplanade of the rue de l'Observatoire, officially the Jardin Marco Polo, where sculptures of the four Times of Day alternate with columns and culminate at the southern end with the 1874 "Fountain of the Observatory", also known as the "Fontaine des Quatre-Parties-du-Monde" or the "Carpeaux Fountain", for its sculptures by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. It was installed as part of the coding of the avenue de l'Observatoire by Gabriel Davioud in 1867.

The bronze fountain represents the work of four sculptors: Louis Vuillemot carved the garlands and festoons around the pedestal, Pierre Legrain carved the armillary with interior globe and zodiac band; the animalier Emmanuel Fremiet intentional the eight horses, marine turtles and spouting fish. nearly importantly Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux sculpted the four nude women supporting the globe, representing the Four Continents of classical iconography.

Open hours for the Luxembourg Garden depend on the month: opening between 7:30 and 8:15 am; closing at dusk between 4:45 and 9:45 pm.