VersaillesDailyPhoto blog: Le bosquet des dômes

Sunday, 8 September 2013

Le bosquet des dômes

This is the dome grove in the palace gardens. Unfortunately, the two domes that adorned this fountain were destroyed in 1820 but the name remains. See it with the domes by clicking here.

Malheureusement, les deux dômes qui ornaient cette fontaine ont été détruits en 1820 mais le nom est resté. Voyez les dômes en cliquant ici.

15 comments:

Chattahoochee Valley Daily said...: Lovely fountain. Too bad we can't see the domes.; 8/9/13 00:13
EG CameraGirl said...: OH, I LOVE this!; 8/9/13 00:51
Jack said...: A dome with no dome. That gets confusing, doesn't it? Nice.; 8/9/13 02:54
Randy said...: Beautiful fountain.; 8/9/13 05:25
Viera said...: The fontain is always wonderfuul...; 8/9/13 09:19
Anonymous said...: Gorgeous photos, you have captured the light perfectly. Hope you didn't get too wet taking them!; 8/9/13 10:06
Dina said...: Water in movement is always fascinating.; 8/9/13 10:37
Unknown said...: Fabulous close-up of the fountain!; 8/9/13 15:08
Sylvia K said...: I do love fountains! And the close-up is fantastic, Ciel!; 8/9/13 17:42
VP said...: Lovely and with a very good light!; 8/9/13 19:06
Thérèse said...: Il mériterait que l'on le rebaptise ce bosquet...; 8/9/13 19:34
BaysideLife said...: Nice lighting and detail.; 8/9/13 21:41
LONDONLULU said...: So very pretty, I love the detail too, and movement of water. Couldn't get my computer to show the facebk link, but I'm sure it must've looked magnificent w/domes.; 9/9/13 02:11
Shirley said...: Gorgeous fountains! I love them!; 9/9/13 03:49
PerthDailyPhoto said...: With the lighting the fountain looks almost mystical Ciel. Thank goodness this beauty survived oui !; 9/9/13 14:36