Thursday 28 May 2015

Le bassin de Latone en mars 2015

Latona Latone Versailles travaux 2015
These pictures were taken by VDP's friend Atelier Choco Turquoise in March 2015. An awful lot has happened at Latona fountain in the palace gardens lately. You had seen part of Latona fountain before its restoration on this blog here (with explanations regarding the mythology). To better see the state of disrepair it was in before restoration began, click here and scroll down a bit to about mid-page, under the video. In March 2014, VDP had also shown you the impressive three century old pipes being restored, that was here. Tomorrow you'll see what happened at the beginning of May. VDP couldn't attend (work and all that...) but her friend did!

Ces photos ont été prises en mars 2015 par l'amie de VDP, l'Atelier Choco Turquoise. Il s'est passé beaucoup de choses récemment au bassin de Latone  Vous aviez vu Latone avant restauration sur ce blog, c'était ici. Pour mieux voir l'état dans lequel se trouvait la fontaine avant restauration, cliquez ici. En mars 2014, VDP vous avait également montré l'impressionnante "araignée", la tuyauterie en cours de travaux, c'était là. Demain, vous verrez ce qui s'est passé début mai, VDP ne pouvait y assister (travaillant, toussa, toussa...) mais son amie s'y est rendue !
Latona Latone Versailles travaux 2015

16 comments:

Lowell said...

That's one of my favorite fountains...hopefully, it will be put back together even better than before!

William Kendall said...

The work seems to be going well.

Revrunner said...

Looks like a fun project to work on.

Unknown said...

Wow that's impressive, it's so important to look after our heritage..

RedPat said...

I'm so happy that they are restoring it!

Lois said...

It is wonderful that the fountain in being restored. I am just amazed that the pipes were that old!

Randy said...

That's a huge fountain.

Bob Crowe said...

I seem to remember some works there when we visited in September. It will be better than ever when finished.

Anonymous said...

A B I G looking job, but very worthwhile!

Stefan Jansson said...

I hope the restoration goes well.

VP said...

That's a lot of work!

Sharon said...

This looks like a very big project but, well worth doing. I can't wait to see it finished. Thanks for those links!

Wayne said...

The links are great, thanks! This whole job thing keeps getting in the way of important stuff. I can't wait to see the completer masterpiece.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I can't wait to see it tomorrow Ciel, Aimee and I looooved that fountain with all it's frogs.

Dina said...

Cool. Even the little crane is called Monument.

cieldequimper said...

Oh my goodness Dina, I hadn't even noticed!!!