Some say it’s the most famous garden in the world. But it’s not open to the public, apart from one day a year. So how could two landscape lovers from the other side of the world manage to see the treasures hidden behind all the massive hedge rows?
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The Triumph of Fountains
The palace and formal gardens are the glorious hors d’oeuvre. What follows down the hill are a series of forest squares surrounded by clipped beech hedges that conceal a whole host of magical wonders. Because more than anything else, Versailles is the triumph of fountains.