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Article: A grovy kind of place; The gardens of Versailles.(A restored grove at Versailles)

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June 5, 2004
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A sight for all eyes

More bits restored with American help

ON JUNE 12th, one of the 15 ornamental groves in the gardens of Versailles will be officially reopened after ten years of reconstruction. It marks the latest in a series of American gifts to restore the great creation for Louis XIV of Andre Le Notre and Charles Le Brun. After the second world war John D. Rockefeller gave millions to restore the place, convinced that the chateau and its gardens were of wider than French significance. Americans then responded generously to storm damage in the 1990s, and now the American Friends of Versailles have given $4m and years of voluntary work to help French ...

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