Domaine départemental de Méréville
Rue Voltaire, 91660 Le Mérévillois, France
Property of the Conseil départemental de l'Essonne, the domain of Méréville is appreciated as the last example of a picturesque garden designed at the end of the 18th century. It is essentially the project of a man, a great financier and art lover, the Marquis de Laborde, who will surround himself with the most prestigious garden designers of his time, François-Joseph Bélanger then Hubert Robert, to create a park in the style fashionable since the 1750s: the landscaped gardens or Anglo-Chinese. Méréville tells the story of man’s relationship with nature at the end of the Enlightenment. The most magical thing is that this garden is still there today, secret, hidden, sometimes buried, but ready to be revealed to anyone who wants to let it be told...
Tags
Jardin remarquable, Public garden, Monument historique
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