The Gardens of Versailles

THE GARDENS THERE ARE MORE THAN 1,976 200,000 TREES COVER ACRES including HORNBEAMS ELMS THERE ARE LINDENS BEECHES 210,000 FLOWERS PLANTED ANNUALLY VERSAILLES WAS LOUIS XIV SPENT DESIGNATEDA ene-third MORE THAN pipty UNESCO WORLD OF HIS BUDGET ON A WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM HERITAGE SITE IN 1979O THAT POWERS FOUNTAINS AND THE GARDENS TOOK 620 forty years TO COMPLETE jets of water THE Gardens OF Versailles EST. 1661 The Ohangerie IS HOME TO MORE THAN THE GARDENS ARE LAID OUT one thousand trees east to west (some of which are more than 200 years old!) FOLLOWING FROM MAY TO OCTOBER THE COURSE including OF THE SUN six million Lemons Pomegranates Oranges PEOPLE VISIT VERSAILLES & ITS GARDENS Sugenias Palms leanders EACH YEAR