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17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Rates: 5 € adult/ 2 € < 12 years/ free under 5 years.
September 2022
Saturday 17
14:30 - 18:00
Sunday 18
14:30 - 18:00

Parc du château de Villebon

Château de Villebon 28190 Villebon
  • Eure-et-Loir
  • Centre-Val de Loire

Free visit in the park and around the castle

Free tour
17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Rates: 5 € adult/ 2 € < 12 years/ free under 5 years.
©jean de la Raudiere
Types of events
Free visit
2022 Theme
Gardens and climate change
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Conditions for participation
Reduced fare

About the location

Parc du château de Villebon
Château de Villebon 28190 Villebon
  • Eure-et-Loir
  • Centre-Val de Loire
Military building of square built fine plan XIVth counterpart the Hundred Years' War, on a French-English border, flanked(thrown) by six crenellated towers, surrounded with deep staves(moats) - always in water - and decorated with a drawbridge still activated every day, the castle gives the impression of a severe medieval fortress.
Park afforested in the hundred-year-old trees, "star" around Diana's statue (XVIIIth century). Man-made lake with a view of the castle, immediate areas the castle in sober embroidery of boxwoods and cut lindens. Old(Former) orangery the XIXth century, apple trees, pear trees in fruit-wall, cedar of Lebanon bicentenary. Formal garden drawn by Sully in XVII ° century, new arrangement(development) of beds in front of the castle.
Tags
French garden, English garden, Private garden, Monument historique
Access
Located in 22 km in Chartres, 35 km of Nogent Rotrou, 8 km in the South of Courville on Eure and 12 km north of Illiers Combray
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