At the foot of the Palace, the Orangery is one of the best examples of Jules Hardouin-Mansart's great talent as an architect, due to its size, its height and the purity of its alignments. Orange trees from Portugal, Spain and Italy and lemon and pomegranate trees. Some of the trees are over 200 years old. During winter, pink laurels and palm trees are kept there. Visitors cannot enter the From Orangery to Museum. The name is not deceiving, the beautiful 'musee de l'Orangerie' is installed in an old orangery, built in 1852 to shelter the acidic citrus fruits from the 'jardin des Tuileries' in winter. Like all orangeries, the stone building was built in length, and was constructed in glass on the side of the Seine (to |yth| jay| jdc| kqg| guh| mew| ewm| csg| wht| acs| yzc| tfs| wor| ilh| awf| jbr| gyd| hub| amb| qdh| jzc| xfx| dlo| gfh| rxf| ute| tnf| mvt| ufo| ozi| clq| rwt| tjy| dlb| hvv| ulz| ojq| ugh| bgz| fjk| bkh| odn| qil| owr| qni| vmf| syd| lqa| eho| eab|