Behind the scenes of water games

Name: Behind the scenes of water games
Start: 2023-09-17T14:15:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Domaine national de Saint-Cloud - Pavillon des 24 jets

Discover the ingenious exploitation of the topography and the techniques used by the fontainiers to realize the water games.

Sunday 17 September 2023, 14:15Passed

Conditions

Meet in front of the 24 jets pavilion at 14:15

Domaine national de Saint-Cloud -Amina TALBI

Discover the ingenious use of topography and the techniques used by fountain workers to make water games. The water games transform the garden into an ephemeral stage. During a walk along the water, come and discover the other side of the scenery, the ingenious use of topography and the techniques used by fountain workers to stage the gushing waters. Due to a shortage of water, the visit is maintained, but the impoundment of the basins and jets is cancelled.

About the location

Domaine national de Saint-Cloud - Pavillon des 24 jets

Allée de la carrière 92210 Saint-Cloud

Hauts-de-Seine
Île-de-France

In 1577, Catherine de Medicis offered to her squire, Jérôme de Gondi, a small estate of 13 acres on a hill overlooking the Seine. Around 1640, the Gondi residence is surrounded by terraced Italian gardens with fountains, caves and waterfalls. Rebuilt by the financier Hervart from 1655, the castle was bought in 1658 by Louis XIV for his brother, Philippe, duc d'Orléans, dit Monsieur. The architects Antoine Le Pautre, then Jules-Hardouin Mansart built the castle between 1670 and 1690\. From 1660 to his death, André le Nôtre drew the design of the park and brought its surface to nearly 400 hectares. In 1785, Marie-Antoinette bought the estate and immediately commissioned his architect Richard Mique to enlarge the castle. After the Revolution, the palace, redesigned by Percier and Fontaine for Bonaparte, became the summer residence of all sovereigns and one of the seats of executive power until the fall of Napoleon III. The Palais de Saint-Cloud was set on fire on 13 October 1870 during th

Tags

Jardin remarquable, Monument historique, Espace naturel, parc, jardin

Access

By metro: Line 10 terminus Boulogne-Pont de St-Cloud, exit "avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny" on the left side, then cross the bridge of St-Cloud/ By tram: T2 stop Parc de St-Cloud / By Bus: Lines 52, 72, 126, 175, 460, 467, stop Parc de St-Cloud; Line 160 terminus Pont de St-Cloud-Albert Kahn; Line 260 stop Rhin et Danube-Musée Albert Kahn (take avenue Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, then cross the bridge of St-Cloud) / By train: stop St-Cloud/ By car: from «Porte de St-Cloud», cross Boulogne-Billancourt by the Route de la Reine, then after the roundabout Rhine and Danube, cross the bridge of St-Cloud. (Address to return for the GPS: 1 avenue de la grille d'honneur, 92210 St-Cloud)

Domaine national de Saint-Cloud