The Orangerie du jardin du Luxembourg of Paris !!! 

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Ok so looking back again, see my several posts on the Jardin du Luxembourg . As often happening lately, saw several pictures in my other posts that should have a post of their own, Therefore, they need to be ,a must garden to visit while in Paris or nearby! Let me tell you about the Orangerie du jardin du Luxembourg of Paris !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I. 

One of the grand site of my eternal Paris. Coming here since neons times and then with my boys to ride the boats in the basin, and more. Coming for work, I even stop on bus 82 (see post) to take glimpses of it. It is a sublime garden park, that is the Jardin du Luxembourg of Paris !!! This is a bit of my story on one of its wonderful sights.

Since its creation by Marie de Medici, several Orangeries have succeeded one another in the Luxembourg Gardens. In 1836, the Chamber of Peers decided to build a vast building in the Jardin du Luxembourg to house its collections of orangery plants during the cold season. The Orangerie was built here in 1839, along the allée des platanes or plane tree alley. It was a construction approximately 57 meters long by 15 meters wide, with seven large arched windows on the façade to let in light and two side doors to allow the passage of plants.

From 1886 this Orangerie was made available to the Luxembourg Museum (see post). On this occasion that the Fine Arts administration decorated it with twelve busts representing famous sculptors and painters and two statues symbolizing Sculpture, depicted in the guise of Phidias, and Peinture, The creation in 1937 of the Musée national d’art moderne de la ville de Paris put an end to this situation and the Orangerie was able to regain its original function after WWII. The current Orangerie houses approximately 180 plants in boxes which are then arranged in the garden. The collection mainly consists of palm trees, ornamental pomegranates, oleanders, 60 citrus fruits, mainly bitter oranges (34 bitter oranges), but also date palms (19 phoenix, 7 chamaerops), 46 oleanders and 24 pomegranates . The most beautiful and oldest examples of bitter orange trees are exhibited every year in the garden, from May to October, along the south facade of the Palace. Their age is estimated at around 250 to 300 years.

The Senate of France on the gardens and the Orangerie : https://jardin.senat.fr/histoire-patrimoine/lorangerie.html

The City of Paris on the garden: https://www.paris.fr/equipements/jardin-du-luxembourg-1793

 The Paris tourist office on the garden:  https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/jardin-du-luxembourg-p1063

There you go folks, always a happening place, full of Parisians and visiting families fun for all and a must to visit while in Paris. The jardin du Luxembourg are sublime. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Orangerie du jardin du Luxembourg of Paris as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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