Free visit of the gardens

Name: Free visit of the gardens
Start: 2024-06-01T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-06-02T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Château d'Omonville

Dear visitors, welcome to Omonville Castle.

1 and 2 JunePassed

Dear visitors, welcome to Omonville Castle.
The north facade of the building opens onto a beautiful French garden whose layout, respecting the original plans retorted in the archives of the monument, reproduce the vegetal arabesques created by André Le Nôtre to illuminate the Royal Gardens of Versailles. You can also discover the groves planted in the 19th century and enjoy peaceful walks in the undergrowth.
Under the protection of centuries-old trees, two statues of the early seventeenth century representing the goddesses Diana and Flora are added to the hundreds of rosebushes that perfume the park every year.

About the location

Château d'Omonville

23 rue du château, 27110 Le Tremblay-Omonville

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In 1750, the owner of the place, Robert Philibert Le Carpentier Deslongvaux, ironmaster, Lord and baron of Combon-du-Tremblay, made establish the Castle according to the plans of the architect Le Charetier. This architect was also the project manager of a part(party) of the very famous and moving abbey of the Beak Hellouin, located in about fifteen kilometres of Omonville, where from similarity between keys sculpted of windows and internal staircase of the Castle and those of this abbey.
Besides the orangery, stables and a remarkable wash house, it is possible to contemplate the French-style garden of the north side of the Castle, reduction of creations of Ours in Versailles there. Surrounded(Identified) with rosebushes, it is flanked(thrown) of two groves of lindens sheltering two statues face to face in baked clay, listed(classified) them - also(so), in historic monuments: Flora and Diana.