tulips and forget-me-nots... and vestiges of failed grandiosity, a viaduct conceptualized, but never fully realized, by Louis XIV to transport water from the river here to the garden at the Château de Versailles, many kilometers away. Among his many caprices, he sought water from near and far to keep the fountains in his garden running at full force at all times.
Château de Maintenon
Canon EOS 5, Lensbaby edge 80, Kodak Portra 160, lab developed
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