Versailles on Paper – Past and Present Marly
The palace and gardens of Marly, seen from the south (the great cascade).
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Today, only the foundations remain of the palace and the surrounding pavilions. The former cascade is a tapis vert (lawn), and the south parterre a simple basin.
View from the north.
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Plan of the Marly estate, 1707
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Vestiges of one of the pavilions for the king's guests.
Today the park contains casts of some of the sculptures commissioned by Louis XIV, such as Meleager Killing a Boar by Nicolas Coustou.
Some of the original statuary is now preserved in the Marly courtyard of the Louvre.
   
The Machine de Marly, which lifted water from the Seine up the hill to Marly and Versailles, was dismantled in the 19th century. The Aqueduc de Louveciennes (X in this engraving) is still intact but no longer in use.
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The 80-foot high Tour du Levant at the eastern end of the aqueduct (T in the engraving) was restored in 2000.
The 36 arches of the aqueduct span a total length of 700 yards.

Photos taken in 2014-15 by Volker Schröder

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