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...

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...

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...

and the Villa Medici in Fiesole, was characterized by planting beds, or parterres, created in geometric shapes, and laid out symmetrical patterns; the use...

Le Parterre, originally called Place de l'Adresse-Symphonique, is a public square in the Quartier des spectacles district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

variety of gardens, including a rockery, a display greenhouse, a rose parterre and a Japanese garden. The gardens also host a variety of educational programs...

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...

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'...

manège. Orkney referred to the garden as his "Quaker parterre" because of its simplicity. The parterre endured in this form until the mid-19th-century when...

follows the large Garden parterre, which constitutes the central part of the large rectangle surrounded by canals. The Garden parterre flanks the Central (axis)...

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...

designed by Innocenti and Webel. Following the tradition of parterre gardens, the Hillwood parterre is a formal garden with low detailed plantings that are...

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...

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...

in 1616, he remodelled the gardens to include ponds, a wilderness and a parterre. A garden mount– an artificial hill in Blickling's flat landscape, was...

transplanted. Elaborate flower beds were planted, centred on the south Parterre. Several artificial rock formations were created by James Pulham, including...

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...

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...

million visitors a year. In addition to the meticulous manicured lawns, parterres, and sculptures are the fountains, which are located throughout the garden...

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...

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...

new gardens at the Château de Fontainebleau, which featured fountains, parterres, a forest of pine trees brought from Provence, and the first artificial...

and gardens is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A large formal symmetrical parterre garden was established south of the palace. It was designed by Dominique...

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...

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...

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...

Here the defeated King was humiliatingly forced to look down on the great parterre and spoils of his conqueror (rather in the same way as severed heads were...

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....

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...

was completed in 1707 just before he died. The 1st Duke also had large parterre gardens designed by George London and Henry Wise, who was later appointed...