Tuileries Garden - the oldest park of the world .....

Tuileries Garden - the oldest park of the world ... the biggest park in France, one of the most beautiful parks in the world, whose layout still serves as an example for all park designers
. Tuileries in French means "tile factory." In fact, the Tuileries garden, built in the XVI century on the site of the quarry, which was mined from clay for the production of ceramic tiles. In 1559 on the orders of Catherine de 'Medici was built the Tuileries Palace, surrounded by a large garden in the Italian style. This garden resembled Queen native Tuscany ...

From 1660 to 1664 the garden was redesigned renowned architect André Le Nôtre, the creator of Versailles, the royal chief gardener of Louis XIV. Built according to his design the Seine became a part of the garden. grand beds were arranged, pools, fences instead built high terraces lined wide avenues, which eventually became known in his continuation of streets such as Champs Elysees or the Rivoli.

Since the time of Louis XIV Tuileries became a place of social visit, and not only a place for walking persons close to the royal court. By the XVIII century park equipped with every imaginable comfort for visitors, cafes, stalls, benches and toilets.
However, after the death of Louis XIV, the Tuileries Gardens thoroughly launched, because the money to maintain it was never enough. Already during his lifetime André Le Nôtre, who created the park design pattern, I was forced to look at how overgrown and destroyed his brainchild.
Until the XIX century, the park was decorated with the Tuileries Palace, which features the stories of witnesses of that era, a wonderful view of the Louvre, but the palace was burnt down during the revolution in 1871.
And from that time the park was completely come into disrepair.

But more recently, in 1989, the authorities decided to rebuild the Tuileries Gardens, the oldest park in the world, while maintaining the historical design. However, we do not miss the opportunity to decorate the park some modern sculptures.
Tuileries separated from vehicular traffic, all of its 25 acres are filled with peace and serenity, so the garden refers to those parks, where you can take a chair and sit all their free time. Among the many fountains, pools, sculptures ... of flowers, herbs and trees.

Provided there is an opportunity and a cultural holiday. On the territory of the Tuileries Gardens are two of the museum, the national gallery "Jeu de Paume" and "Orangerie". The buildings of these two museums are, among other things, the remains of the legendary palace of the Tuileries, as decoration which was created and a garden.
Today the Tuileries garden blooms rapidly and becomes the same as the symbol of France Champs Elysees, Eiffel Tower and Versailles.