September 2023

Saturday 16
- 14:00 - 23:00
Sunday 17
- 10:00 - 12:00
- 14:00 - 18:00

Château et parc

Château, 41100 Vendôme

Loir-et-Cher

Centre-Val de Loire

Free visit of the Hanging Gardens

Name: Free visit of the Hanging Gardens
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château et parc

Opening of the hanging gardens of the Château de Vendôme.

16 and 17 September 2023

Passed

Opening of the hanging gardens of the castle of Vendôme.

September 2023

Saturday 16
- 14:00 - 23:00
Sunday 17
- 10:00 - 12:00
- 14:00 - 18:00

Additionnal information

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thèmes 2023

No selection

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Château et parc

Château, 41100 Vendôme

Loir-et-Cher

Centre-Val de Loire

The first strengthened point in XI ° century is a quadrangular donjon in the northwest of a rocky headland dominating the valley of the Loir(Dormouse). The medieval surrounding wall(speaker) walls of which are still partly visible a date of the XIIth century. She(It) is dominated by the said tower of Poitiers, chief tour(tower,ballot) which participated in a defensive device(plan) reinforced in XV ° century. It stays nothing of large homes built in XV ° and XVI ° centuries because after working period important in XVII ° century commanded(ordered) by the duke Caesar of Vendôme, son justified by Henry IV, the castle is abandoned to pass finally in the field of the Crown in 1712\. Revolutionary sale is going to divide the castle up and contributes to its transformation(processing) in XIX ° in a romantic park in the sinuous paths. The majestic cedar crashed in 1807 and the panoramic view on the city are climax(pauses) of this park of 6 hectare enjoyment(approval). A collection of hydrangeas presents many varieties created by Emile Mouillère and his(her) descendants, vendômois horticulturalists of the end of XIX ° up to the environment(middle) of 1950s. The visitor can so rediscover these vendômoises varieties of international fame, fruits of a patient work of crossing and of selection.

September 2023

Freie Besichtigung der hängenden Gärten

Free visit of the Hanging Gardens

Visita libera dei giardini pensili

Visite libre des Jardins suspendus

Visita libre a los Jardines Colgantes

September 2023