Gardens of Versailles - Versailles, France - Wikipedia Entries on Waymarking.com

The Gardens of Versailles were initially constructed in 1662 by King Louis XIV who had made the adjoining Palace the Royal residence. The gardens are elaborate...with hundreds of sculptures, many fountains and pools, an arboretum, etc.
Wikipedia's extensive article (visit link) inform us that the Gardens:
"...occupy part of what was once the Domaine royal de Versailles, the royal demesne of the château of Versailles. Situated to the west of the palace, the gardens cover some 800 hectares of land, much of which is landscaped in the classic French Garden style perfected here by André Le Nôtre. Beyond the surrounding belt of woodland, the gardens are bordered by the urban areas of Versailles to the east and Le Chesnay to the north-east, by the National Arboretum de Chèvreloup to the north, the Versailles plain (a protected wildlife preserve) to the west, and by the Satory Forest to the south.

As part of le domaine national de Versailles et de Trianon, an autonomous public entity operating under the aegis of the French Ministry of Culture, the gardens are now one of the most visited public sites in France, receiving more than six million visitors a year."

Coordinates here refer to the Latona Fountain in the Gardens.

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