The Historic Tuileries Garden: A Breath of Fresh Air in the Heart of Paris
It’s a French garden, a breath of fresh air right in Paris, located just 200 meters from the Relais Saint Honoré. It is the oldest and largest garden in Paris after the Villette park. The garden is bordered by the Palais du Louvre, Rue de Rivoli, the Place de la Concorde and the Seine.
It was Catherine de Medici who, starting in 1564 commenced construction of The Tuileries Palace along with the development of a Italian garden and in 1664, Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Louis XIV ordered that the garden be redesigned by André Le Nôtre, the landscape architect for the gardens of Versailles.
THE FRENCH GARDEN AND ITS AMENITIES
Long paths lined with lindens and elmsoffer first and foremost an ideal area that is very popular with joggers.
The garden includes The Jeu de Paume Museum and the Musée de l’Orangerie
The garden offers several activities for kids:
- Donkey and pony rides
- A puppet theater (the Marionnettes de Lyon)
- Two ponds with commendable miniature sail boat races
For the whole family, every year in July and August, the Tuileries gardens host a fair with 60 attractions, which for the comfort of all, are silent. Admission is free, and only the attractions have a cost.
THE JEU DE PAUME MUSEUM
The Jeu de Paume Museum offers a selection of exhibitions focusing on photography and image with elegant and airy set designs. The museum currently has two interesting exhibitions.
The Weather forecast exhibition by the Chinese artist Xiao Guan consists of video triptychs assembled from images taken from the web and offers a sensory look, a kind of forecasting for the state of the world and the man in the middle.
The exhibition Josef Sudek, The World at My Window presents 130 photographs, taken in 1920-1976, of the artist’s relationship with his workshop, his garden, the streets of Prague and the surrounding countryside.
