Top 10 gardens around world
Updated: 2013-05-27 13:20
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Seven themed gardens make up this early 1900s Venice-style villa's breathtaking greenery. |
Gardens of the Villa Éphrussi de Rothschild (St.-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France)
In the early 1900s, Béatrice Éphrussi, a Rothschild baroness, built a pink-confection, Venice-style villa surrounded by breathtaking gardens, with the sparkling sea beyond. Pathways meander through the seven themed gardens, the focal point being the French gardens, with a lily-pad-dotted pool, dancing fountains, and a Temple of Love replicating the Trianon at Versailles. There are also a Provençal garden, filled with olive trees and lavender; a lapidary garden, with sculptures too large to be displayed in the villa; and Spanish, Japanese, Florentine, and exotic gardens.
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