This era extends grand style with Versailles at the apex.  The vastness of many projects during the baroque period can not be overemphasized, as with the Renaissance period, the designs of the wealthy played key roles in how cities were supplemented with new ideas.  The following names reflect architects, garden designers, and perhaps gardeners who designed.

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key places of interest

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Notable Estates & Gardens in France

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Château de Petit-Bourg: Corbeil: Francois Mansart

Château de Richelieu: Touraine: Jacques Lemercier

Château de Versailles: Versailles: Jules Hardouin-Mansart (final phases)

Château de Marly: Jules Hardouin-Mansart

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Works by André Le Nôtre

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Vaux-le-Vicomte: Melun

Château de Versailles (due to its size, students may select a specific subject such as grottos, fountains, orangerie, bosquets, etc.

Château de Sceaux

Château de Chantilly

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Italian Baroque & Rococo Gardens

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Villa Reale di Marlia: Luca: Jean-Marie Morel (later, Jacques Greber)

Villa Aldobrandini: Frascati: Carlo Maderno, Giovanni Fontana

Barchetto (Villa Farneso, Villa Caprarola: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Giacomo del Duca, Girolamo Rainaldi

Orti Farnesiani sul Palatino (Farnese Gardens): Rome: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Giacomo del Duca, Girolamo Rainaldi

Villa Borghese: Rome: Flaminio Ponzio

Villa Pamphili: Rome: Alessandro Algardi

Villa Garzoni: Tuscany: Filippo Juvarra (later Ottaviana Diodati)

La Gamberaia: Settignano: Zanopi Lapi & family

Isola Bella: Lake Maggiore: Francesco Castelli, Filippo Cagnola, Carlo Fontana

La Reggia: Caserta: Luigi Vanvitelli

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