Masters of French Gardens (四)

(Top) Le Nôtre's greatest masterpiece, the Versailles gardens' magnificent and metaphorical Apollo Fountain (Le Bassin d'Apollon). (Bottom) The poetic Apollo Bath Grotto (Le Bosquet des Bains d'Apollon).

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p_016 — (Above) The most magnificent masterpiece of Le Nôtre's life—the extraordinary and allegorical Fountain of Apollo (Le Bassin d Apollon) in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. (Below) The picturesque Bath of Apollo cascade (Le Bosquet des Bains d Apollon).