The Majorelle Garden is a twelve-acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakech. It was designed by the expatriate French artist Jacques Majorelle in the 1920s and 1930s, during the colonial period when Morocco was a protectorate of France.
Majorelle was the son of the Art Nouveau ébéniste of Nancy, Louis Majorelle.
Though Majorelle's gentlemanly orientalist watercolors are largely
forgotten today (many are preserved in the villa's collection), the
gardens he created is his creative masterpiece. The special shade of
bold cobalt blue which he used extensively in the garden and its
buildings is named after him, bleu Majorelle.
The garden hosts more than 15 bird species that are endemic to North
Africa. It has many fountains, and a notable collection of cacti...
Localisation
City : Marrakech
GPS : 31°38′34″N 8°00′11″W
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