Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte

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The Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte are a grand 17th-century French formal garden ensemble renowned for their pioneering use of perspective, symmetry, and monumental landscape design.

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Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte canonical 4
Vaux-le-Vicomte gardens 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French formal garden
historic garden
landscape garden
associatedArchitect Louis Le Vau
associatedArtist Charles Le Brun
commissionedBy Nicolas Fouquet
constructionEnd 1661
constructionStart 1656
country France
designedAs theatrical landscape
designedBy André Le Nôtre
era 17th century
hasFeature bosquets
canal
fountains
grand central axis
ornamental groves
parterres de broderie
statues
terraces
topiary
water basins
hasView château of Vaux-le-Vicomte
hasWaterFeature Grand Canal
large reflecting pool
heritageDesignation Monument historique of France
heritageDesignationDate 1875
influenced French formal gardens in Europe
Gardens of Versailles
knownFor monumental landscape design
pioneering use of perspective
strong axial symmetry
locatedIn Maincy
Seine-et-Marne
Île-de-France
locatedNear Melun
nearRiver Almont
openToPublic yes
partOf Vaux-le-Vicomte
region north-central France
linked to: northern France
style Baroque garden
jardin à la française
touristAttraction yes
usesDesignPrinciple axis and symmetry
forced perspective
geometric composition
optical illusions of scale

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André Le Nôtre designed Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte
French formal garden exemplifiedBy Vaux-le-Vicomte gardens
linked to: Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte
Gardens of Fontainebleau (modifications) relatedWork Vaux-le-Vicomte gardens
linked to: Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte
André Le Nôtre notableWork Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte
subject linked to: Le Nôtre
Maincy contains Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte
Maincy tourismAttraction Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte