French Designer Garden Marrakech

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French designer garden marrakech. The majorelle garden french. In october 2017 the musee yves saint laurent opened as a tribute to the designer s legacy and his connection to the city of marrakech. The blue house or the blue mansion as the locals call it is an amazing oasis of tropical plants a fountain and a lily pond.

Now nearly 40 years later the late french fashion designer s moroccan legacy lives on. So deep was saint laurent s affinity with marrakech in fact that the road on which the jardin majorelle is located outside the city s medina walls was renamed rue yves saint laurent. Established by french painter jacques majorelle in the 1920s majorelle was the culmination of decades of hard work resulting in a moorish art deco style villa with a fountain and pools of water filled with lilies.

From 1975 until now i ve traveled 45 times to this florid mysterious impossibly exotic and assiduously maintained north african compound owned and made famous by the late french couturier yves saint laurent. The majorelle garden jardin majorelle previously the jardin bou saf was designed by the french expatriate artist jacques majorelle in 1924. Hidden within the hustle of urban marrakech morocco s fabled pink city the majorelle garden along with.

French garden in marrakech see 49 678 traveler reviews 33 264 candid photos and great deals for marrakech morocco at tripadvisor. Unassuming from without inside the garden is a cacophony of pink. At majorelle garden in marrakech morocco the legendary french fashion designer yves st laurent rests peacefully among bamboos cacti and other exotic plants.

The garden which is in the center of marrakech is typically set under hard blue skies and behind thick pale blue walls. Jacques majorelle was the son of the celebrated art nouveau furniture designer louis majorelle.