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Savor the delicate atmosphere of Giverny, where Claude Monet spent the last 43 years of his life. The master of Impressionism established his studio here and found his inspiration. The house, the studio, the beautiful flower garden, the Japanese bridge, and the waterlilies still bear witness to the harmony and poetry the great painter saw in life.
Claude Monet's property at Giverny, left by his son to the Academie des Beaux-arts in 1966, has, after completion of large scale restoration work, become the Claude Monet Foundation, inaugurated in 1980. The house, with its pink crushed brick facade, where the leader of the Impressionist School lived from 1883 to 1926, once again has its colorful decor and intimate charm of former times. The precious collection of Japanese engravings is displayed in several rooms, hung in the manner chosen by the master of Giverny himself.
You will have lunch at Moulin De Fourges, a remarkable location near Giverny.
In the afternoon, you will discover Versailles Palace the Great Royal Apartments, the Hall of Mirrors and the Queen's Apartment. You will be able to stroll through the French gardens bordered by many sculptures - statues, busts, marble vases... sculpted from 1661 by a contingent of artists originally directed by Charles Le Brun, the King's leading painter.
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