GIRARD, Dominique
(1680-1738)

Biography

French landscape architect. He was a garden designer and water engineer, the pupil of André Le Nôtre. He was active in Germany and Austria. He created the formal garden of terraces, parterres, and a large pool in the Belvedere gardens in Vienna. He designed also the magnificent park of Schloss Augustusburg, Brühl.

He died in Germany.