The
Tuileries Gardens take their name from the tile factories which previously
stood on the site where Queen Catherine de Medici built the Palais des
Tuileries in 1564.
André Le
Nôtre, the famous gardener of King Louis XIV, re-landscaped the gardens in 1664
to give them their current French formal garden style.
The gardens,
which separate the Louvre from the Place de la Concorde, are a pleasant place
for walking and for culture for Parisians and tourists.
Maillol
statues stand alongside those of Rodin or Giacometti.
The gardens’
two ponds are perfect places to relax by.
The Musée de
l’Orangerie, where visitors can admire the works of Monet, is in the south-west
part of the Tuileries.
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