Tuileries Garden

Filled with fountains, ponds and sculptures, the formal, 28-hectare Tuileries Garden, which begins just west of the Jardin du Carrousel, was laid out in its present form in 1664 by André Le Nôtre, who also created the gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles. The Tuileries soon became the most fashionable spot in Paris for parading about in one’s finery. It now forms part of the Banks of the Seine Unesco World Heritage site. The axe historique (historic axis), the western continuation of the Tuileries’ east–west axis, follows the av des Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe and, ultimately, to the Grande Arche in the skyscraper district of La Défense.

                                                                        

• trees--les arbres
• the ferris wheel--la grande roue
• plants--les plantes
• tulips--les tulipes
• leaves--les feuilles  

                                                                        

une quiche

                                                                        
chouquettes


                                                                        
I hear the fountain.--J'entends la fontaine.
                                                                        
I smelled the flowers.--J'ai senti les fleurs.