![A cross section of the Broken Column House at the Désert de Retz as recorded in Les jardins anglo-chinois by Georges-Louis Le Rouge, 1785 [1]](https://blog.jahsonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/A-cross-section-of-the-Broken-Column-House-at-the-Désert-de-Retz-as-recorded-in-Les-jardins-anglo-chinois-by-Georges-Louis-Le-Rouge-1785-1-178x300.jpg)
A cross section of the Broken Column House at the Désert de Retz as recorded in Les jardins anglo-chinois by Georges-Louis Le Rouge, 1785
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The Broken Column House (the “colonne brisée”, or ruined column) is an artificial ruin in the French landscape garden Désert de Retz.