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FOCUS ON THE FOUNTAINS AND GROVES
THE MUSICAL FOUNTAINS SHOW,
THE SPLENDOURS OF AN EPHEMERAL
3 BALLROOM GROVE
The Ballroom was landscaped by Le Nôtre between 1680 and 1685 and
is the only grove to be in its decor comprises a semi-circular cascade
decorated with millstones and shells brought back from the Indian
Ocean and the Red Sea by what was then the French Royal Navy.
MASTERPIECE REVIVED
« DÉCOUVREZ LE
SUPER
LIVRET-JEUX DES
Jean-Baptiste Lully : Jean-Henry d'Anglebert, Petit Air pour les mesmes
Versailles, L'île enchantée, Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs –
Reprise de la Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs (extraits)
Jean-Philippe Rameau : Dardanus, Acte 1 (extraits)
Anonyme : À l'Ombre d'un Ormeau, La Caroline - Le Sabotier, La
Provencalle - Tambourin des Fêtes de Polymnie - La Ramoneuse
4 PLAYMOBIL »
Groves open from 9am to 6:30pm
Musical display from 10am to 6:30pm
Water displays from 11am to noon
and from 3:30pm to 5pm,
tuesdays from 11am to noon and from 2:30pm to 4pm
7 MIRROR FOUNTAIN
Louis XIV commissioned the Mirror fountain in 1702. In the spirit
of Le Nôtre’s Fountains, but with modern technical methods, Musical
water displays are presented by Crystal Group, to the sound of
Charpentier and Lully. Every 10 minutes, from 10 am to 6:30 pm.
All saturdays and sundays from 28 March
to 1st November and friday 3 April, friday 8 May,
thursday 14 May, tuesday 14 July from 9am to 6.30pm
All tuesdays from 26 May to 30 June
Jean-Baptiste Lully : Versailles, L'île enchantée, Reprise de la Marche
pour la cérémonie des Turcs (extraits) - Te Deum Charpentier & Lully,
Te Deum laudamus (extrait)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier : Te Deum Charpentier & Lully,
Prélude - Te aeternum Patrem – In te, Domine speravi (extraits)
THE 2015 MUSICAL
FOUNTAINS SHOW
11 COLONNADE GROVE
With its circular peristyle punctuated by 32 ionic columns, La
Colonnade is more of a “mineral” than a “green” grove and was
designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart in 1684.
MAP
Jean- Marie Leclair : Scylla et Glaucus, Prologue, Acte 5 (extraits)
Jean-Philippe Rameau : Dardanus, Actes 1 et 3 (extraits)
Bassin du Char d’Apollon
13 ENCELADE GROVE
The Encelade grove is a representation of Enceladus, chief of Titans
who was punished for his pride by the Gods from Mount Olympus.
This composition by Le Nôtre was restored in 1997.
Canals and walks, waterfalls, cascades and cascatellas, pools and
fountains, grottoes and nymphaeums, jets and spouts, water
mirrors and water games…. Water in Versailles is described by a
wealth of words just as its groves abound in secrets. Those words
speak of Le Nôtre’ genius, who wanted water and sculpture to
enliven his gardens. For thirty years, the life of the gardens paralleled the King’s; he walked every day among its treasures, building his
dream. Before even thinking about his palace’s furniture, he
constantly thought about the design of the gardens’ walks and
groves. This is also where he built his legend, with Apollo emerging
from gushing water, Neptune unleashing storms, Encelade defying
Jupiter and Latona imploring Jupiter. Mythology expressed Louis
XIV’s grandeur while serving the design of this incomparable
creation. The King himself signed the perfect visitor’s itinerary for
the gardens, punctuated by water effects. We should forget
Fouquet’s bitter question from prison (according to Paul Morand):
“How did the fountains play at the King’s festival?”. Fouquet, the
fallen minister, could not believe that water would arrive in
Versailles. The King wanted it to be everywhere. And it has remained ever since. Today the Water Fountains Shows are true to his
wishes. When they are set to two centuries of music, they offer
spectators a festival, which echoes past celebrations.
On some summer evenings, lights, lasers and fireworks render the
gardens even more extraordinary. True to the intention of this Great
King- 2015 is the tercentenary of his death- and of the artists who
worked for him, Château de Versailles Spectacles, a subsidiary of
Château de Versailles Public Establishment, organizes exceptional
garden events. Our aim is that restorations, like the just finished
Latona Parterre and Fountain, or reinterpretations, like the contemporary garden redesigned by Louis Benech and adorned with Jean
Michel Othoniel’s sculpture fountains in the Water Theatre Grove,
give new life to the groves fallen into disrepair with time, with new
fountains and new music. So that the magic lives through time!
Catherine Pégard
Chairman of the Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum
and National Estate of Versailles and of Château de Versailles Spectacles
André Campra : Tancrède, Actes 4 et 5 (extraits)
Jean-Philippe Rameau : Dardanus, Actes 1 et 2 (extraits)
19 GROVE OF APOLLO’S BATHS
In 1776, the pre-romantic grove landscaped by the painter Hubert
Robert was laid out in the fashionable style of the “folly” gardens, with
its surprising rock, housing the three magnificent groups of marble
sculptures of Apollo and the Nymphs (recovered from the Thetis
Grotto, built by Louis XIV), entrusted by Marsy, Guérin, Girardon et
Regnaudin.
THE MUSICAL FOUNTAINS SHOW CD
21 THREE FOUNTAINS GROVE
If it is quite probable that Louis XIV himself laid out this grove, it is
certainly his faithful gardener Le Nôtre who supervised its execution
from 1677 to 1679. Thus, the simple decor composed of lawns, marble,
rockeries, and shells and characterised by a complete absence of statues,
gave the Three Fountains Grove a very pure and simple atmosphere.
CHÂTEAU DE VERSAILLES
CD for sale in all the
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Pancrace Royer : Pyrrhus, Actes 3, 4 et 5 (extraits)
28 NEPTUNE FOUNTAIN
The Neptune Fountain was designed and dug out in the shape of a
hemicycle, resembling antique theatres. Armed with his trident,
Neptune, the Ocean God, send up graceful jets of water in the sky.
PROGRAMMING 2015
• THE FOUNTAINS SHOW OF VERSAILLES
Jean-Baptiste Lully : Versailles, L'île enchantée, Reprise de la Marche
pour la cérémonie des Turcs (extrait)
Te Deum Charpentier & Lully, Te Deum laudamus (extrait)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier : Te Deum Charpentier & Lully,
Prélude - Te aeternum Patrem – In te, Domine speravi (extraits)
THE MUSICAL GARDENS
Tuesdays from 31st March to 19 May, and from 7 July to 27 October
From 9:30 am to 18:30 pm
29 GREAT PERSPECTIVE
A main highway runs from east to west, covering not only the Park of
the Château but the whole town of Versailles, joining the royal domain
to Paris. This road that begins in the garden and that was made by
33 André Le Nôtre in the 1660's is called the Great Perspective.
THE FOUNTAINS NIGHT SHOW
Saturdays from 20 June to 19 September, except 4th July
From 8:30 pm to 11:05pm
Jean-Baptiste Lully : Versailles, l'île enchantée, Ouverture de
Psyché, Chaconne d'Amadis - Jean-Henry d'Anglebert, Ouverture
de Cadmus, Ouverture le Carnaval - Mascarade
THE ROYAL SERENADE AT THE HALL OF MIRRORS
Saturdays from 20 June to 19 September, except 4th July
5 sessions of 40 minutes from 6:30 pm to 7:50 pm
• VERSAILLES FESTIVAL
30 LATONA FOUNTAIN
It illustrates the legend of the mother of Diana and Apollo protecting
her children against the insults of the peasants of Lycia and demanding
vengeance of Jupiter, changing them in frogs. Surrounded by the Lizard
Fountain, the Latona Fountain, constructed under Louis XIII, was
modified by J.H. Mansart between 1687 and 1689.
Alpha invites you to continue your rambles with the CD of the
music played in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles through a
selection of the greatest works by the best contemporary players.
The masterpieces of the French baroque repertoire are performed
here and invite you to relive in music the fabulous history of the
Palace, its gardens and fountains, from its origins in the reign of
Louis XIII until the mid-18th century. This theatrical place par
excellence is the setting for all the features of the Human Comedy
of the courtesans, through the dreamlike interpretation of the Poème
Harmonique, or seated in the shade of a young elm tree (à L’Ombre
d’un Ormeau) with the Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Lully’s work is
highlighted with extracts from his greatest operas and his ComedyBallet (the celebrated “Turkish” Ceremony, performed by the
ensemble Café Zimmermann and the Capriccio Stravagante
Orchestra which open with majesty the gates of the Enchanted Isle.
Chaconnes and passacaglias (which Louis XIV loved) invite you to
dance…Lastly, the splendours of 18th century opera come to life with
the ensemble Pygmalion in an original programme on the CD
(extracts from Dardanus) recorded in the majestic setting of the Royal
Opera of the Palace of Versailles. With the ensemble Ausonia, the
Mortals serve as models for the Gods with two outstanding pieces from
the Rameau repertoire: Zoroastre and Zaïs.
www.outhere-music.com
THE ORANGERY NIGHTS
32 FOUNTAIN OF APOLLO'S CHARIOT
The Apollo’s chariot, dug under the reign of Louis XIII and fitted out
under Louis XIV who had the magnificent group represent “Apollo on
his Chariot” installed ; the latter created by Tuby from drawings by
Lebrun. 3 majestic fountains rise from this pool, the central jet reaching
a height of 20 meters.
67 representations in 2015
4 500 m3 water hour consumption
850 hectares of parks and gardens
13 groves open exceptionally and 32 fountains
30 km of unchanged piping since the XVIIe century
A team of 13 fountains builders
SUPER 4 PLAYMOBIL INVESTIGATE IN THE GARDENS
OF VERSAILLES !
• COSTUME PARTIES
Licence n° 102121 Impression : Imprimerie Vincent, Tours - Ne pas jeter sur la voie publique
THE MUSICAL FOUNTAINS SHOW IN FIGURES
HAENDEL: ROYAL FIREWORKS Wednesday 10 June at 9pm
ROMÉO AND JULIETTE: BALLETS DE MONTE-CARLO
Tuesday 23 et Wednesday 24 June at 9pm
THE FIRE KING – FIREWORKS 1st, 2nd, 7, 8, 9 and 10 July at 10pm
ANNA NETREBKO GALA Saturday 4th July at 9pm
LES FÊTES GALANTES Monday 1st at 7:30pm
THE GRAND MASKED BALL OF KAMEL OUALI
Saturday 27 June from 11:30pm to dawn
MY FIRST BALL AT CHÂTEAU DE VERSAILLES
Sunday 28 June at 3pm
• THE ROYAL VOICES
THE ROYAL OPERA, THE HALL OF MIRRORS, THE ROYAL CHAPEL
Méhul: Uthal, Haendel: Xerxès, Bach: Motets, Caffarelli: Franco Fagioli,
Vinci: Catone in Utica, Louis XIV night of William Christie, Henry
Madin: Te Deum pour les victoires de Louis XIV, Jordi Savall’s Night
of Kings, Hersant/ Charpentier
• CONTEMPORARY ART - ANISH KAPOOR
From 9 June to 1st november
Information - booking
T/ +33(0) 1 30 83 78 89
www.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr
Château de Versailles Spectacles Pavillon des Roulettes - Grille du Dragon - 78000 Versailles
This year, the Playmobil Super 4 are guests of the Versailles
Fountains Shows! Ruby the pirate, Twinkle the fairy, Knigth
Alex and Agent Gene will take you on a tour to discover all the
secrets of the French gardens, with a booklet you can find at
the entrance of the gardens. A program full of adventure and
discoveries!
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Matelots’ Gate
Menagerie’s Gate
NOTICE TO VISITORS
Saint Antoine’s gate
Little Venice’s
Gate
Grand Trianon
and Queen’s Hamlet
Keep your ticket all day long and show it at the checkpoints.
No picnics are allowed inside the chargeable area,
except in the authorised picnic area.
Visitors are prohibited from walking on the lawns and sitting or leaning
against the bronze, marble or lead groups, vases or statues.
The water of the fountains is non-drinkable. Bathing prohibited.
Please observe the instructions given by reception staff.
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Queen’s Gate
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Versailles
Rive droite
Versailles Château
Rive gauche
FOUNTAINS AND GROVES
1 South Parterre
2 Orangerie
3 Ballroom
4 Queen’s Grove
5 Bacchus Fountain
6 Girandole Grove
7 Mirror Fountain
8 Saturn Fountain
9 King’s Garden
10 Horse Chestnut tree Room
11 Colonnade Grove
12 Grove of Domes
13 Encelade Grove
14 Obelisk Grove
15 Flora Fountain
16 Dauphin’s Grove
17 Star Grove
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Ceres Fountain
Grove of Apollo’s Bath
Water Theatre Grove
Three Fountains Grove
Dragon Fountain
Water Avenue
Triumphal Arc Grove
Nymphs’ Bath
Pyramide Fountain
North Parterre
Neptune Fountain
GREAT PERSPECTIVE
29 Water Parterres
30 Latona Fountain and Parterre
31 Royal walk
32 Fountain of Apollo’s Chariot
33 Grand Canal
Numbers indicate spot names and not a trail
Versailles
Chantiers
IN THE GARDENS TODAY
Special opening of the groves from 9 am to 6pm
Musical display from 10 am to 6:30 pm
Musical Fountains Show
ticketing
Entrance - Exit
WARTER DISPLAYS
MORNING
11am-12am
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11:15am -11:45am
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Castle Entrance Singles
Castle Entrance Groups
Information / Castle Ticketing
Parking
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AFTERNOON
3:30 pm – 5pm All Groves and Fountains
5:20 pm 28
ALL DAY LONG
Every 10 minutes from 10 am to 6:30 pm 7
Water Display hours could be changed. See information at the garden entrance
Toilets
Book Shop
Toilets for disabled persons
Row Boats
Mini-train / Shuttle for Trianon
Bike
Electric vehicles
Picnic area
Food and Beverage