Oak Alley plantation at Vacherie Louisiana on the Great River road along the Mississippi River

---

Oak Alley Plantation located on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge in Louisiana has been called the Grande Dame of the Great River road A quarter mile canopy of giant live oak trees thought to be more than 300 years old forms an impressive avenue leading to the classic Greek Revival style antebellum home It was built in 1839 by a wealthy French Creole sugar planter from New Orleans

---

Size: 5520px × 4397px
Location: Vacherie in Louisiana USA
Photo credit: © GEORGE AND MONSERRATE SCHWARTZ / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: alley, americana, antebellum, arching, architectural, branches, building, charming, colorful, creole, distinguished, elegant, escapism, fence, formal, graceful, greek, green, historic, live, louisiana, mansion, mississippi, moss, nostalgia, oak, oaks, plantation, preserved, quaint, revival, rural, rustic, serene, slavery, south, southern, spanish, structure, symbolic, tourism, tradition, travel, tree, trees