Jardin des TuileriesAndré Le Nôtre

Redesigned in 1664, the Tuileries became the model of the French formal garden. In this view, flowerbeds and lawns frame the Louvre’s wings, while classical statues animate the grand axis. Le Nôtre’s geometry staged power as spectacle, transforming royal ground into a civic landscape. Today it endures as Paris’s central promenade, uniting art, nature, and history.