Bosquet des Dômes (Bosquet de la Renommée), Versailles

This area of the gardens features two domed pavilions which give this bosquet its name. However the original was quite different. Built in 1675, the Bosquet de la Renommée featured a fountain statue of Fame. With the relocation of the statues from the Grotte de Thétys in 1684, the bosquet was remodeled to accommodate these statues, and the Fame fountain was removed. At this time the bosquet was rechristened the Bosquet des Bains d’Apollon. As part of the reorganization of the garden that was ordered by Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th Century, the Apollo grouping was moved once again to the site of the Bosquet du Marais – located near the Latona Fountain – which was later destroyed and replaced by the new Bosquet des Bains d’Apollon. The statues were installed on marble plinths from which water issued; and each statue grouping was protected by an intricately carved and gilded canopy.