Maison Gaston Allard ‐ Arboretum
Rue du château d'Orgemont, 49100 Angers
- Maine-et-Loire
- Pays de la Loire
A legacy of the eighteenth century
Born under the impulse of a distinguished botanist and a passionate dendrologist*, the Gaston Allard d'Angers arboretum is dedicated to the study and observation of acclimatized species from all over the world before being a public park. The «closerie de la Maulévrie» was bought in 1791 by Pierre Courtin, parish priest of Chérancé (Mayenne). In 1794, his property was auctioned off as national property.
Around 1830, Charles-François Gontard de Launay bought this property for his daughter Zoé, who had just married Isidore Allard, a titular member of the Société industrielle d'Angers. They give the house its present appearance.
Gaston Allard was born there in 1838\. He studied at the Lycée d'Angers, then at the École d'Agriculture de Grand-Jouan, near Nantes. In 1863 he enrolled in the Société Entomologique* de France and went to Algeria to study lepidoptera*. In the interval of his travels he began his plantations at Maulévrie; 1863 was the year of the
Tags
Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Espace naturel, parc, jardin & Site patrimonial remarquable
Ville d'Angers - Frédéric Chobard
