Sensory visit of the medieval garden.

Name: Sensory visit of the medieval garden.
Start: 2024-06-02T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-06-02T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Jardin médiéval de l'abbaye de Trizay

Guided tour by an ombudsman of heritage on the place(square) of nature in Middle Ages and on the arrangement(development) of the monastic gardens.

Sunday 2 June, 16:00Passed

Conditions

7€/free for the children de-12 the years.

Registration

0546823425 contact@abbayedetrizay17.fr

Guided tour of the medieval garden at Trizay Abbey. Using all five senses, you will discover the garden through the eyes of the people of the Middle Ages, as well as their beliefs and practices, and in particular the place of nature and the garden in medieval times, and how man was an integral part of it. By taking a closer look at the layout of monastic gardens, we can see that in those days the garden was more than just a garden; it was a veritable metaphor for the work of God. The most beautiful illustration of this isn'it the Garden of Eden ?
Duration: 1 hour.

About the location

Jardin médiéval de l'abbaye de Trizay

3 allée de Chizé, 17250 Trizay, Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The abbey of Trizay, based(established) in the turning point(bend) of the XIth and XIIth centuries takes up with the tradition of the medieval garden. On more than one and a half hectare, at the entrance(admission) of the monastery, this garden includes 5 spaces:
* The cloister, standing of present decorative vegetables in gardens at the end of Middle Ages. The knights, back from crusades return new plants and breathe images of gardens of East. In the centre the fountain where from 4 rivers leave which irrigate the earth.
* The herbularius, the simple " cultivated in a square, a perfect a shape, divine work. The simple are used, unlike the apothecaries, without preparation.
* The hortus, the kitchen garden because the monks live in almost autarky and also owe hospitality.
* The pre-top or natural meadow, rest area.
* The orchard, the tree representing resurrection in Middle Ages.