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Tuileries Garden

Jardin des Tuileries

The Tuileries Garden is a formal French garden laid out between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Laid out by André Le Nôtre from the 1660s and open to the public from 1667, it is a long symmetrical park of gravel promenades, clipped parterres and ornamental basins, bounded by terraces facing the Seine and the palace.

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First raised

1564

Its prime

1672

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1672

What Tuileries Garden looked like in its prime.

A broad, strictly axial layout: a wide central gravel promenade (Grande Allée) flanked by low boxwood parterres and long alleys of chestnut trees. Pale gravel paths, clipped hedges in geometric compartments, and two major water features — a circular basin near the palace and an octagonal basin at the western end — define the terraces. Stone balustrades and terraced ramps step down to the Seine; scale is urban and formal, with regular rows of trees and scattered classical statuary.

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8 places to explore in 1672.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Tuileries Garden, including 1 interior: salle du manège (riding school) interior. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Louvre terrace looking west along the Grande AlléeEdge of the central round basin (Grand Bassin Rond)Octagonal basin and western terraces (Bassin Octogonal)Parterre de Mademoiselle (flower parterre near the palace)Terrace along the Seine (Terrasse du Bord-de-l'eau)Chestnut-tree alleys crossing the gardenSalle du Manège (riding school) interiorRectangular planting compartments and quincunxes

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Families who held Tuileries Garden.

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  • Medici

    Created by Catherine de' Médicis from 1564 as the Italian garden of her Tuileries Palace.

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Castles within reach of Tuileries Garden.

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