Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Ileana Maria PANȚU
The Carol I Park in Bucharest was designed in 1906 by the French landscape architect Édouard Redont in a mixed style. The initial composition of the park incorporated water as one of its main elements. Water was used in various forms: lake, water mirror, jet, spring, stream and cascade. Its forms were gradually thought from the city towards the heart of the park, from artificial to natural, from the classical to the landscaping style. With a sinuous contour, a lake encapsulated three islands with expo pavilions. In front of the lake, on a hill, Redont placed a cascade with a grotto and a group of statues in a romantic French style. Water was driven from it towards the lake in two winding canals. The main alley in a geometric style was dotted by neoclassic water mirrors with jets whose breadth grows from the park’s entrance towards the lake. In 1960, The Carol I Park was radically transformed and lost most of its French influence (the cascade, the basin with jets etc.). The presence of the lake was diminished through a monumental bridge that crosses it.
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