A glimpse of Versailles

In the South Parterre, behind the Chateau

There are a hundred and more things about Versailles that people really like.  Most important to me are the fountains, but only when the water flows.  Because the pumping mechanisms are several hundred years old, that doesn't happen every day.  Just in the summer for a few hours on selected days.  I made sure that my friends and I made it out there at the right time.


The sun rises when Apollo's horses arise from the sea.  He is, after all, the Sun-God.

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Apollo in his chariot rises from the water.




A pretty fountain near the Latona fountain.



Two of the three fountains in the Bosquet.



There are some great figures under all that water.



very cool place for those statues; I wish I could join them.

Latona was mother to Apollo & Diana; she appealed to Zeus when the peasantry was mocking her kiddies.  Zeus turned the peasants into frogs and turtles, and this fountain depicts the change.

One additional aspect of the fountains in summer:  Recorded music is piped into the area; and it's all music from the 17th and 18th centuries when the gardens and fountains were constructed.