<Li> 620 water jets (fed by 35 km . piping) </Li> <Li> 5.57 km Grand Canal (circumference; surface area 23 ha .) </Li> <P> The Gardens of Versailles (French: Jardins du château de Versailles; French pronunciation: ​ (ʒaʁdɛ̃ dy ʃato də versaij)) occupy part of what was once the Domaine royal de Versailles, the royal demesne of the château of Versailles . Situated to the west of the palace, the gardens cover some 800 hectares of land, much of which is landscaped in the classic French Garden style perfected here by André Le Nôtre . Beyond the surrounding belt of woodland, the gardens are bordered by the urban areas of Versailles to the east and Le Chesnay to the north - east, by the National Arboretum de Chèvreloup to the north, the Versailles plain (a protected wildlife preserve) to the west, and by the Satory Forest to the south . </P> <P> As part of le domaine national de Versailles et de Trianon, an autonomous public entity operating under the aegis of the French Ministry of Culture, the gardens are now one of the most visited public sites in France, receiving more than six million visitors a year . </P>

The landscape design of the gardens of versailles is known as which style