Discovery of the Yongden Garden

Name: Descubrir el Jardín Yongden
Start: 2024-06-02T15:15:00+02:00
End: 2024-06-02T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Maison Alexandra David-Neel

It was at the foot of the Cousson mountain in Digne-les-Bains that Alexandra David-Neel designed Samten Dzong, her "residence of reflection", a writer’s house surrounded by a vast garden including a..

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It is at the foot of the Cousson mountain in Digne-les-Bains that Alexandra David-Neel designed Samten Dzong, her "residence of reflection", a writer’s house surrounded by a vast garden including a rose garden, a vegetable garden and fruit trees. In 2019, the rose garden and the explorer’s vegetable garden were rehabilitated, and since June 2023, new walking areas are accessible. The garden has regained its rights and the rosebushes embalm the alleys.
Let yourself be carried away by the letters of the explorer read during the visit, and discover the reasons that led Alexandra David-Neel to settle in Digne-les-Bains. You will learn more about the successive arrangements she made on her land and her special affection for roses.

About the location

Maison Alexandra David-Neel

27 Avenue du Maréchal Juin Digne les Bains

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Alexandra David-Neel spent 25 years of her life in Asia, and was the first European woman to visit the forbidden city of Lhasa in Tibet. But her travels do not make of her only an explorer: they nourish a literary work of considerable density. Born near Paris, it was in Digne-les-Bains that it died in 1969, at the age of nearly 101, bequeathing to the city all its possessions: property, archives, collections and copyright. The Alexandra David-Neel House allows visitors to visit both its living space – the fully restored writer’s house – and its garden, as well as the museum that retraces its journey, commitments and travels.