French (formal) garden
Features of a formal garden:
- terrace
- topiary
- statuary
- hedge
- bosquet
- parterre
- sylvan theater
- pergola
- pavilion
- landscaping
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Albi | At Palais de la Berbie | |
| Aranjuez | ||
| Blenheim Palace | ||
| Bourges Cathedral | Bourges Cathedral's garden | |
| Champagne | The garden of the Hôtels Chandon and Trianon. (Nomination file, p. 123) - The part of the park centred on the Town Hall of Epernay on the Avenue de Champagne is French-style, to enhance the building's classic and sober façade. It consists of a grassy path and then two symmetrical access ramps arranged in a horseshoe shape around a fountain. | |
| Drottningholm | ||
| Fertö/Neusiedlersee | Fertőd-Esterházy Palace garden | |
| Fontainebleau | ||
| Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz | ||
| Great Spa Towns of Europe | Gönner-Anlage (1909-12) in Baden Baden | |
| Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape | Lednice: castle garden | |
| Litomysl Castle | ||
| Loire Valley | ||
| Mafra | Cerco Garden, a formally designed garden (AB ev) | |
| Nice | In the park of the Château de Valrose (Nomination file, p. 143-144) | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | The Tuileries are the most important and the oldest French formal garden of the capital. | |
| Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro | extensive gardens in the French, Italian and English styles (AB ev) | |
| Potsdam | Park Sanssouci | |
| Residences of the Royal House of Savoy | Royal Residence Garden | |
| Royal Palace at Caserta | ||
| Schwerin Residence Ensemble | Schlossgarten | |
| Schönbrunn | Comprises a big part of the area, planned by Jean Trehet in 1695. It contains, among others, a maze. | |
| Singapore Botanic Gardens | Sundial Garden | |
| Versailles | Best-known example of a formal garden | |
| Vienna | Burggarten, Volksgarten | |
| Würzburg Residence |
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