Bosquet des Trois Fontaines, Versailles

Situated to the west of the Allée des Marmousets and replacing another short-lived water feature called the Berceau d’Eau, this enlarged area was transformed by Le Nôtre in 1677 into a series of three linked rooms. Each room contained a number of fountains that played with special effects. The fountains survived the modifications that Louis XIV ordered for other fountains in the gardens in the early 18th century, and were subsequently spared during the 1774-1775 replantation of the gardens. In 1830, this bosquet was replanted at which time the fountains were removed. It has had to be restored twice in recent years after storm damage.