Jardin des Tuileries & Arc du Carrousel
PAR-15 • parks1564 - 1664 (Le Nôtre)

Jardin des Tuileries & Arc du Carrousel

Historic royal garden of Catherine de' Medici along the Grand Axis of Paris

48.863900°N, 2.326100°E•city Axis
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Documented Historiographical History

Created in 1564 by Queen Catherine de' Medici alongside the Tuileries Palace on former tile-making kiln fields (tuileries). Redesigned in 1664 by André Le Nôtre into a French formal masterwork.

Architectural & Symbolic Reading

The grand ceremonial avenue connecting the sovereign court of the Louvre to the infinite Western horizon of Paris.

Historical Legends & Mysteries

The ghost of the 'Little Red Man of the Tuileries' was said to haunt the gardens before every major royal catastrophe or French revolution.

Insider Curiosities & Secret Facts
•In 1783, the world's first manned hydrogen balloon flight by Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert launched successfully from the Tuileries Grand Bassin.
•The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel was originally crowned with the famous bronze horses of Saint Mark, looted from Venice by Napoleon in 1797 and returned in 1815.
•The garden is home to a world-class outdoor sculpture museum with works by Rodin, Maillol, Giacometti, and Dubuffet.
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