Look up parterre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A parterre is a part of a formal garden constructed on a level substrate, consisting of symmetrical...
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The word parterre comes from the French par and terre and literally translated means "on the ground". The main meaning of the word is the front section...
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Parterre Box (often stylized as parterre box) is an online magazine devoted to opera, which cultivates an attitude that may be deemed to be campy, critical...
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Theater (structure) (redirect from Parterre (theatre))
lower flat area, usually below or at the same level as the stage. The word parterre (occasionally, parquet) is sometimes used to refer to a particular subset...
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French formal garden (section Parterres de broderie)
and the Villa Medici in Fiesole, was characterized by planting beds, or parterres, created in geometric shapes, and laid out symmetrical patterns; the use...
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El Parterre is a landscaped park in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, that was built in 1851. The park encloses the Ojo de Agua (lit. 'water eye', Spanish for 'spring'...
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Le Parterre, originally called Place de l'Adresse-Symphonique, is a public square in the Quartier des spectacles district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
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designed by Innocenti and Webel. Following the tradition of parterre gardens, the Hillwood parterre is a formal garden with low detailed plantings that are...
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of Johann Wilhelm Beyer, a German artist and garden designer. The Great Parterre of Schönbrunn Garden is lined on both sides with 32 over life-size sculptures...
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Nymphenburg Palace Park (section The Garden parterre)
follows the large Garden parterre, which constitutes the central part of the large rectangle surrounded by canals. The Garden parterre flanks the Central (axis)...
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over 1,055 altogether. From May to October, they are put outdoors in the "Parterre Bas". The bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium) was introduced to Europe by...
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Gardens of Versailles (section Parterre d'Eau)
million visitors a year. In addition to the meticulous manicured lawns, parterres, and sculptures are the fountains, which are located throughout the garden...
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transplanted. Elaborate flower beds were planted, centred on the south Parterre. Several artificial rock formations were created by James Pulham, including...
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Piazza della Libertà, Florence (section The Parterre)
in the 1945 permanently to Piazza della Libertà or Liberty square. The Parterre of Florence can be found on the northern portion of the square. There was...
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greenhouse north of the Grand Parterre was completed in 1807, the adjacent geranium house in 1816. The garden parterre is still a visible feature of the...
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of buildings in order to open the interior court to the views over the parterre terrace, to a design ascribed to André Le Nôtre. Valentinay's son-in-law...
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space between the palace and the Neptune Fountain is called the Great Parterre. In 1695, Jean Trehet, a disciple of André Le Nôtre, planned the French...
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Nordkirchen Castle (section Moat, parterres and park)
Parts of the interior of the schloss are open to the public, as are the parterres and the surrounding park. Inside the schloss, an up-market restaurant...
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the Augustusburg palace were designed by Dominique Girard. An elaborate parterre for an area south of the palaces was also designed, but it was restructured...
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the Orangery parterre, Château de Jouy, 18th century. View of the Orangery of the Château de Jouy from the staircase leading to the parterre, 18th century...
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France that laid the groundwork for the French formal garden. Unlike the parterres that were laid out in casual relation to existing châteaux, often on difficult...
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modern bosquet at Amboise, right). The shade of paired bosquets flanking a parterre affords both relief from the sunny glare and the pleasure of surveying...
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its European revival in the 16th century, topiary has been seen on the parterres and terraces of gardens of the European elite, as well as in simple cottage...
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Lotusland (section The Parterre Garden)
Ganna Walska Lotusland, also known as Lotusland, is a non-profit botanical garden located in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, California, United States....
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The formal parterre of lawn and gravel with box-hedging...
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new gardens at the Château de Fontainebleau, which featured fountains, parterres, a forest of pine trees brought from Provence, and the first artificial...
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married Lady Emily Bulwer-Lytton (1874–1964) – he simplified the main parterre. Lady Emily was the daughter of the 1st Earl of Lytton, who served as Viceroy...
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the château with a fountain on the central axis and rectangular planted parterres to either side. Louis XIV had played and hunted at the site as a boy....
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machinery and equipment. To the south are the formal gardens. First is a parterre hedged with box, laid out in recent times but occupying approximately the...
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