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RENAISSANCE OF THE GARDENS OF Versailles.
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- Author(s): Covington, Richard
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Smithsonian. Jul2001, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p90. 11p. 11 Color Photographs.
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Describes the restoration of the palace gardens in Versailles, France after a 1999 storm destroyed many trees there. Damage caused by the storm; How some of the fallen trees contributed to a long-range plan to restore the gardens to their original 17th-century design; Comments of gardeners and architects at Versailles, including chief landscape architect Pierre-Andre Lablaude; History of the palace gardens, which were created by Louis XIV; Relationship between humans and nature expressed in the gardens. INSET: THE JOURNEY BEGINS.
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