Potager du roi

Versailles, Italy

The Potager du roi (Kitchen Garden of the King), near the Palace of Versailles, produced fresh vegetables and fruits for the table of the court of Louis XIV. It was created between 1678 and 1683 by Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, the director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens. Today it is run

by the École nationale supérieure du paysage, the grande école for landscape architects. It is officially recognized as a Remarkable Garden of France.

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Nearby

couvent des Récollets (Versailles) prison · 0.4 km away
equestrian statue of Louis XIV sculpture · 0.6 km away
galleria delle Battaglie art_museum · 0.6 km away
Statua equestre di Luigi XIV sculpture · 0.7 km away
Cemetery of Saint-Louis, Versailles cemetery · 0.7 km away
musée municipal Ducastel-Vera de Saint-Germain-en-Laye musei · 0.7 km away
Appartement du roi art_museum · 0.7 km away
Palace of Versailles monumenti · 0.7 km away