Become a patron! of the Tuilerie Garden

The Musée du Louvre is counting on the generosity of all to raise one million euros before January 15, 2021. The goal is to inaugurate a restored Grande Allée by spring 2021. Every donation, no matter the amount, counts.

Discover the history of the Grande Allée

Located at the heart of the Louvre and Tuileries National Estate, the Grande Allée is one of the greatest legacies of the Tuileries Garden designed by André Le Nôtre. From 1665, Louis XIV's landscape architect intended to create a perspective that leads the eye afar, prolonging the view by planting the future Avenue des Champs-Élysées. To the east, the view intersects with the central pavilion of the Tuileries palace, transformed by the architect Louis Le Vau in 1667. Trees were planted in 1668: horse chestnuts on either side, with parallel side aisles.

By the late 1980s, the gardens were in a very poor state. In 1990, the French President François Mitterrand decided to launch a competition to renovate the Tuileries Garden, as part of his Grand Louvre project.

In 2011, a master plan for making the Tuileries Garden greener was adopted, with the aim of adding more cool shade. The plan involved the restoration of two areas: first, the so-called Birds' Grove (bosquet des Oiseaux) and now, the Grande Allée.

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