Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF USSE : THE GARDENS "A LA FRANCAISE", DESIGNED BY LE NOTRE IN PERSON. FROM THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY A LONG TERRACE CONSOLIDATED BY VAUBAN DOMINATES THE INDRE RIVER. THEN THE "GARDENER OF THE KING" UPSETS THE RULES OF HORTICULTURE AND PLAYS WITH SYMMETRIES, GEOMETRIC FIGURES AND PERSPECTIVES. IN HIS STAGING OF GARDENS, HE ADDS THE MASTERY OF FOUNTAINS AND PONDS. ON BACKGROUND, THE INDRE RIVER. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM