Jardin du Luxembourg & Palais du Sénat
PAR-13 • parks1612 - 1630

Jardin du Luxembourg & Palais du Sénat

Florentine-inspired royal gardens, Medici Fountain, and French Senate palace

48.846900°N, 2.337200°E•city Axis
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Documented Historiographical History

Created beginning in 1612 by Queen Marie de' Medici, widow of King Henri IV, to evoke the Boboli Gardens and Pitti Palace of her native Florence. Today it houses the French Senate.

Architectural & Symbolic Reading

A harmonious sanctuary of Italianate Renaissance proportion on the Rive Gauche, balancing intellectual study, botanical serenity, and civic power.

Historical Legends & Mysteries

Poets believed the waters of the shaded Medici Fountain possessed the power to inspire melancholy romantic verses in those who sat along its stone rim.

Insider Curiosities & Secret Facts
•The garden preserves a working apiary (Rucher du Luxembourg) founded in 1856 and an orchard with over 1,000 heirloom apple and pear varieties.
•Generations of Parisian children have sailed vintage wooden miniature model sailboats with wooden sticks on the central octagonal Grand Bassin.
•The park contains over 100 statues, including the Queens of France series and the original bronze scale model for the Statue of Liberty by Bartholdi.
Related Tags:#Luxembourg#Medici Fountain#French Senate#Left Bank#Orangery

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