Majorelle Garden

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Jacques Majorelle's studio in the center of the garden

The Jardin Majorelle is a 4,000 m² botanical garden in Marrakech , Morocco . The complex is considered to be one of the most beautiful gardens in the world and, with 850,000 visitors annually, it is the most popular attraction in Morocco.

location

The Jardin Majorelle is located in the new part of Marrakech, northeast of the historic old town. The garden is on the “Rue Yves St Laurent” street in the immediate vicinity of the Yves-Saint-Laurent Museum .

history

After the French painter Jacques Majorelle settled in Morocco, which had been French since 1911 , in 1919 , he also laid out a garden in 1923. Majorelle's art has largely been forgotten today - except for the garden he created. A special shade of cobalt blue that he used very often in the garden is called Majorelle blue after him .

In the garden you will find plants from all five continents, in addition to a bamboo grove, mainly cacti and bougainvillea . Twenty gardeners and employees take care of the garden and the pools every day. The flora in 1999 comprised three hundred species , mainly a diverse cactus plantation. In 2000, the garden received an automatic irrigation system, which makes it possible to give the plants the optimal amount of water at the best possible interval.

The garden has been open to the public since 1947. In 1980 he was bought by the French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner and business partner Pierre Bergé . In 1997 Bergé set up a foundation, "The Majorelle Trust", which is supposed to take care of the maintenance of the facility on a permanent basis. They had the now overgrown garden restored in several stages. This is where Saint Laurent got his inspiration for his collections. After he left the fashion business in 2002, the villa and the garden became one of his retreats. After his death in 2008, his ashes were scattered in the rose garden in the presence of colleagues and friends.

The garden is also home to the Islamic Art Museum of Marrakech, whose collection includes North African textiles from Saint-Laurent's personal collection as well as ceramics, jewelry and paintings by Majorelle.

Garden pictures

  • Le jardin des majorelle 40.JPG
  • Majorelle Garden (2), Marrakech, Morocco.jpg
  • Maroc Marrakech Majorelle Luc Viatour 5.jpg
  • Maroc Marrakech Majorelle Luc Viatour 4.jpg

literature

Movie

  • The gardens of Marrakech. Documentary, Germany, 2008, 43 min., Script and director: Veronika Hofer, production: Straub & Pirner, Radio Bremen , arte , first broadcast: January 27, 2009 on arte, synopsis by ARD .

See also

Web links

Commons : Jardin Majorelle  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

swell

  1. ↑ Florian Siebeck: Jardin Majorelle: The paradise, it is in Marrakech . In: FAZ.NET . March 22, 2016, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed May 14, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Detlef Berg: Marrakech: A feast for all the senses - Falstaff Travelguide. March 14, 2018, accessed on May 14, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  3. ^ Bilal Qureshi: A look at some of the most beautiful gardens in the world. In: The Washington Post. December 21, 2018, accessed May 14, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Harrison Jacobs: One of Morocco's top tourist destinations has become overrun with tourists and Instagrammers trying to get the perfect photo. February 7, 2019, accessed May 14, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Florian Siebeck: Jardin Majorelle. Paradise is in Marrakech. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung ( FAS ), March 22, 2016.
  6. ^ Les cendres d'Yves Saint Laurent dispersées dans son jardin de Marrakech. ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). In: AFP , June 11, 2008, (PDF).

Coordinates: 31 ° 38 ′ 29.3 "  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 10.3"  W.