Orangery of the castle of Versailles
See also: Orangery
The orangery of the Château of Versailles was arranged by Jules Hardouin-Mansart.
Built 1684 with 1686, is before even the beginning of work of the castle, it is under the “Floor of the South”. It is made of a 155 meters length central gallery, whose frontage is directed towards the south. The central gallery is framed by two side galleries located under the “staircases of the Hundred Steps”. The unit, lit by large arched windows, encloses the Low Floor.
The Low Floor is delimited on its fourth side, in the south, by a balustrade giving on the road of Saint-Cyr-the School. This one separates it from the Pièce of water of Swiss the. In its center a vast circular basin, surrounded by six parts of grass is. To the beautiful season, from May to October, the Orange tree S and other trees in cases are exposed in the Low Floor.
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