Baroque garden
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The Baroque garden was a style of garden based upon symmetry and the principle of imposing order on nature. The style originated in the late-16th century in Italy, in the gardens of the Vatican and th
Terrace of the Orangerie, Palace of Versailles (1684)
Baroque garden at Drottningholm Palace in Sweden
The gardens of the Cortile del Belvedere are visible to the left of this 1652 engraving of the Vatican
Gardens of the Villa d'Este, engraving by Etienne Duparac (1573)
Parterre
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A parterre is a part of a formal garden constructed on a level substrate, consisting of symmetrical patterns, made up by plant beds, plats, low hedges or coloured gravels, which are separated and conn
Restoration work on a parterre en broderie at Wrest Park, England
The palace at Oranienbaum, Russia, parterre en broderie with six colours of mineral base, and red flowers.
Cutwork parterre with only grass and gravels, at the Peterhof Palace, Russia
Victorian parterre at Waddesdon Manor, England