Lavoir Gloriette
The Gloriette water-house
"A garden just above waterline"

A large flower garden, crossed by paths, lead to the river, beyond the quai Gloriette, in the past. It was not replaced until 1900, when the Caisse d'Epargne in Chartres built houses for workers. A richly-decorated floral fresco of water lilies, daffodils, irises and syringa rolls out its plant carpet to the foot of the two wash-houses, and decorates the walls like a roll of wallpaper made of thousand flowers in addition to all the sounds of nature. The music of Chabrier rolls through these flowers, and I certainly love them! ".

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