Thematic visit - The gardens of Claude d'Urfé

Name: Thematic visit - The gardens of Claude d'Urfé
Start: 2024-06-02T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2024-06-02T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Jardin du château de la Bâtie d'Urfé

Discover the history of the Renaissance gardens imagined by Claude d'Urfé. Geometry of forms, symmetry of the plan, hydraulic engineering… these main principles govern the development of gardens in th

Sunday 2 June, 10:30, 15:00Passed

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Discover the history of the Renaissance gardens imagined by Claude d'Urfé. Geometry of forms, symmetry of the plan, hydraulic engineering… these great principles govern the development of gardens in the sixteenth century and were implemented with great ingenuity at la Bâtie.

Types of events

Guided tour

2024 Theme

The five senses in the garden

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Conditions for participation

Free entrance, Registration required

Type of audience

Adult

About the location

Jardin du château de la Bâtie d'Urfé

Lieu-dit la Bâtie, 42130 Saint-Etienne-le-Molard, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Loire
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Having registered Renaissance in tradition by Claude d' Urfé, this public domain, inspired by the Italian gardens, is compound(made up) of regular flowerbeds(orchestras) decorated with topiary with in the centre a circular temple. The pergola which went around the garden in the XVIth century was reconstructed as well as the reach, major element of the hydraulic network. A room of freshnesses or Nymphée is also a part of attractions of the place. Open all year long.