Free visit of the Harcourt estate

Name: Free visit of the Harcourt estate
Start: 2022-09-17T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Domaine d'Harcourt

Discover the exterior of the castle under construction and an incredible arboretum!

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Département de l'Eure - Aurélien Papa

During two days, everyone can walk freely to explore the exterior of the castle (under construction) or stroll under the perfumes of bicentenary trees. On Saturday and Sunday, discover a unique place composed of a two-faced castle surrounded by more than 2,500 trees today centenary.

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Domaine d'Harcourt

13 rue du château, 27800 Harcourt

Eure
Normandie

At the heart of a 95 hectare forest, the castle of XIITH - XIVTH centuries altered in the XVIIth century is surrounded with a part(party) of the wall of surrounding wall(speaker) and lined with a double ditch(gap). A permanent exhibition presents to the visitors the history(story) of the castle, the evolution of its architecture and the history(story) of the family of Harcourt. Real plant heritage making hanging on the architectural qualities of the building(ship), the arboretum includes 470 sorts(species) of trees divided on 11 hectares. Created at the beginning of the XIXth century, it should be one of the first arboretums of France to introduce certain still unknown sorts(species) then, as the cedars of Lebanon or sequoias.