Jardin des TuileriesAndré Le Nôtre

Redesigned in 1664, the Tuileries exemplifies the French formal garden. In this view, the long central axis extends toward the Place de la Concorde and the Luxor Obelisk, uniting palace and city through geometry. Le Nôtre transformed royal ground into a stage of power, where symmetry and perspective still guide Parisian life, leisure, and civic identity.