The Royal Roots of Versailles
The selection of wood used to create
the magnificent Versailles collection was harvested
from the gardens of the Chateau de Versailles. Nearly
all of the rare and old specimen trees of the castle
were up-rooted during the terrible storm of December
26 1999, most of those trees were imported from around
the world to the Chateau de Versailles during the 18th
century has part of the 1776 gardens renovation
ordered by Louis XVI.
Old wood of Versailles
(221 to 224 year old)
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Thuya |
Tuliper |
Paris Juniper |
Yew |
Juniper |
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221 years old |
223 years old |
223 year old |
224 years old |
223 year old |
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Marie Antoinette's Oak Collection
(324 year old)
Planted in the
spring of 1679 and cared for by
André Le Nôtre
(1613-1700) landscape architect and the gardener of
King Louis XIV of France.
Marie Antoinette's
Oak
fell victim
to the same sun it had sheltered royal heads from,
dying in the drought that accompanied a heat wave in
2003.
Marie Antoinette's Oak was planted in 1679 and
died during the drought of 2003.
Marie Antoinette's Oak
- 324 years old - Read CBS News Article
here
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