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| Keywords: Versailles fox and crane.jpg The Fox and the Stork http //frenchparnassus blogspot com/2009/05/gardens-of-versailles-maze html Jacques Bailly ~ 1675 File Le Renard et La Grue Versailles JPG The labyrinth had thirty-nine groups of hydraulic statuary representing the fables of Aesop At the entrance to the labyrinth were placed symbolical statues of Aesop and Cupid the latter holding in one hand a ball of thread Each of the speaking characters represented in the fable groups emitted a jet of water representing speech and each group was accompanied by an engraved plate displaying verses by the poet de Benserade PD-Art Jardins de Versailles au XVIIe siècle Mazes Aesop's Fables The Wolf and the Crane Charles Perrault The Labyrinth of Versailles 1675 in art | ||||
