Bare visit of the park of the castle of the Rock

Name: Visita descubierta del parque del castillo del Peñasco
Start: 2019-06-07T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2019-06-09T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château du Rocher

Come discover this environmental park to the hundred-year-old rhododendrons, created in 1908 by the family Chapal, the famous furriers of the Creuse, and opened this year unusually to the public.

7 - 9 junio 2019Passed

The guided tour will allow you to travel(browse) the whole park and explain you how its construction reflects the lifestyle of the big(great) industrialists of the end of the XIXth century.
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About the location

Château du Rocher

2 chemin du Rocher, 23260 La Villeneuve

Creuse
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Landscape park with century-old rhododendrons that was created in 1908 by the Chapal family, famous pelletiers of the Creuse. The park dominates the valley and cohabits on several floors three traditions: rock gardens, French and English gardens, with rare plant species for the region such as giant sequoias and Lawson cypress. The pond below is surrounded by a beautiful set of rocks with rustic bridge, false rock, balustrade and cave.