My wife Julie, beneath a statue of Marguerite de Navarre (d. 1549), queen consort of France, in the Luxembourg Gardens. I’m so grateful to her that she insisted we get an apartment near the Luxembourg ...

Welcome to the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. Located on the border between Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the Latin Quarter, the Luxembourg Gardens were inspired by the Boboli Gardens in Florence. They ...

Whenever I visit Paris, I make a point of strolling through the Luxembourg Garden, which—along with the accompanying palace—was commissioned in 1612 by Marie de Médicis, widow of France’s King Henry ...

Death is never far from the surface in many cities. The familiar streets and buildings have too frequently in the past witnessed violent religious programmes, political insurrections and their brutal ...

The best gardens in Europe have been named by Paving Superstore and 13 British gardens made it onto the list. Looking at the 50 best gardens in Europe, the study ranked the best green spaces using ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The important thing about urban parks is not just the obviously comforting look of them — green, open spaces ...