Thursday, September 24 at 6:30 p.m., registration required. By Danièle Prévost of the Historical and Archaeological Society of the 8th and 17th arrondissements
Around the small house of Monceaux, built in 1770 for Philippe d’Orléans, Duke of Chartres, three gardens followed one another: French formal gardens, Carmontelle’s garden of illusions and its follies, and Blaikie’s English-style park. The French Revolution of 1789 ushered in an era of upheaval that lasted until 1860, when the estate was divided between the Pereire brothers, who subdivided the land, and the City of Paris, which entrusted Alphand, Davioud and Barillet-Deschamps with transforming it into what became Paris’s most elegant promenade, inspiring painters and writers alike.
Source: paris.fr — photo: View of the Monceau gardens, Muée Carnavalet