Jardin Du Luxemberg

The Luxemberg was the first French garden to be influenced by the Italian Baroque. The Luxemborg has long been seen as a quintenssential Parisian space. It was designed for another Medici Princess, Marie, who became Queen of France. Like the Boboll garden where Marie had spent her youth, the Luxembourg plan has two axes at right angles. Jacques Boyceau superintended the layout. There are some public park facilities, including tennis courts and children’s play areas, and over a hundred sculptures, including statues of stendhal, chopin, Montesquieu, Philias, Baudelaire, Delacoix and Blanche of castile.. Nowadays as in the seventeenth century, it has changed over the centuries but, judging from Evelyn’s description, the character of the garden is not so different. During a period of neglect, some of Watteau’s romantic garden scenes were painted here. The Medici fountain was moved from its original position and does not do justice to the famous name. The parterres on the fringe of the Luxembourg have been laid out in an informal ‘Anglo-Chinois’ manner. The Luxembourg Palace is now used by the French senate.
Contact Address
Rue de vaugirard, Metro Luxembourg
Jardin du Luxemberg,
boulevard saint-Michel,
75006 Paris,
France
Ph: (1) 42 34 20 00
Opening Dates and times
All year : Daily
open 7.00 am to 1 hour before sunset in summer
Open : 08.00 am -1 hour before sunset in winter
Admission : Entrance Free