Parterre, Chateau de Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France
Parterre, designed by Andre Le Notre, and in the distance, the Aqueduc de Maintenon, an unfinished aqueduct built 1686-89 by Vauban, part of a project to supply water in the Canal de l'Eure or Canal de Louis XIV, across the Eure valley to the Chateau de Versailles, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The moat is filled with water from the river Eure. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13459201
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45393088
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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
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Photograph by Manuel Cohen
