Giardino Bardini and Giardino Boboli in Florence

. size: large

. open to public, entrance fee, combined ticket for both gardens

. Photos from September 2015

Giardino Bardini - wisteria

Giardino Bardini - rose garden

Palazzo Pitti as seen from the Boboli Gardens. In the middle you can see an Egyptian obelisk. Boboli gardens are the biggest Medici garden. 

Both gardens have an excellent view on the city of Florence

A long cypress lane with sculptures at both sides

Isolotto, the island fountain with a statue of Oceanus. Under the main statue there are allegorical sculptures of Euphrates, Nile and Ganges.

Jardins du chateau de Versailles

. open to public, entrance fee

. size: big (garden axis is 3 km long)

. photos from June 2013

Versailles garden was made by architects Le Notre and Le Vau and painter Le Brune. The three of them also made a garden in Vaux le Vicomte for the finance minister Foquet. Versailles is bigger and more magnificent than Vaux le Vicomte but its parts look less connected. 

The orangery

Close up of a pattern

One of many fountains. Do not miss the fountains show (grandes eaux) when visiting the garden. 

Grotto des Bains d'Apollon (Apollon's bath). It was first located in a bosco and later moved in a romantic environment of an artificial cliff. 

The pyramid fountain

Villa di Castello near Florence

. public, free entrance

. garde size: now small

Photos from April 2016

Villa di Castello garden has a simple structure with symmetric rectangular flower beds. 

Behind the place where photographer stands in this picture, the garden continues to bosco. 

The garden also contains a basin with the sculpture of January (Ianuarius) made by Bartolomeo Ammanati.

You may also be interested in:

• Medici Villa of La Petraia garden, Florence
• Villa Gamberaia garden near Florence
• Butterfly house and Garden in Villa Garzoni in Collodi
• Villa medicea di Poggio a Caiano 
• Giardino Bardini, Florence
• Giardino Boboli, Florence

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