The jardin des étangs Gobert of Versailles !!!

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This is about a wonderful garden in my Versailles. The garden can be said to an off the beaten path site as not well known even if in a popular location. It is heaven, peace, beauty au naturel ,family gathering and hours of tranquility, Therefore, let me tell you a bit on the jardin des étangs Gobert of Versailles !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I

The jardin des étangs Gobert  or the Gobert Ponds Garden is a public garden in Versailles. It is located in the continuity of the Avenue de Sceaux, one of the three branches of the urban “trident” designed by André Le Nôtre. It was built on the site of the reservoirs built by Thomas Gobert, intendant of Louis XIV, to supply the fountains in the lower part of the park of the Palace of Versailles. It has retained its basin shape during its transformation: thus, the City of Versailles opened the Gobert Ponds Garden in 2014 to revive the old reservoirs of the fountains of the Palace of Versailles, which had been abandoned until then. I used to walked around here before on its natural state.

It forms a new access point to the Chantiers train station (see post). Inaugurated in 2014, it includes the creation of an elevated promenade, a path extending into a steel footbridge, and the landscaping of the 6,500 m² square pond. Small groves of trees were sculpted, creating clearings. In the center of the garden, The atypical convoluted bench made up of 56 pieces of concrete, the high promenade (1915m²) which draws the upper contour of the pond, the landscaped embankments (2260m²) with pedestrian and cycle paths, the sports ground (1590m²) surrounded by hornbeams below the embankment and behind the Square des Francine, the forecourt and access ramps (2135m²) as an extension of the Avenue de Sceaux, This long, elegant white coiled snake creates a clearing in the center of the garden. The Square des Francine also reopened in 2016, nearby after several years of restoration. This square is now composed of three distinct parts: a children’s playground, a “dry” fountain where visitors can get wet, and a small green maze.

The Versailles tourist office on the jardin des étangs de Gobert : https://www.versailles-tourisme.com/jardin-des-etangs-gobert.html

The City of Versailles on the jardin des étangs de Gobert : https://www.versailles.fr/688-347/nature-et-environnement/parcs-et-jardins/annuaire-des-parcs-et-jardins/ficheAnnu/jardin-des-etangs-gobert.htm

There you go folks, enjoy this wonderful sort of hidden garden in my dear Versailles. We love it, hope you do too, just a side step from the train station RER C rive gauche château, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the jardin des étangs de Gobert of Versailles !!!  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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