Parks & Gardens
Parks & GardensWander a secret 18th-century garden where crumbling temples, pyramids, and ruined columns hide among ancient trees. The Désert de Retz is a landscape of deliberate surprises: each "Fabrique" holds symbolic meaning, from numerology to esoteric philosophy.
18th-century garden
architectural follies
mystical symbolism
remarkable trees
Tips
🌳remarkable ancient trees throughout
🏛️"surrounded by mysticism thanks to the various Fabriques, highly symbolic monuments"
🎧audio guide available for exploring
Sunday, September 20
Journées européennes du patrimoine au Désert de Retz
September 20 at 12am
Chambourcy
Parks & GardensParks & GardensWander a secret 18th-century garden where crumbling temples, pyramids, and ruined columns hide among ancient trees. The Désert de Retz is a landscape of deliberate surprises: each "Fabrique" holds symbolic meaning, from numerology to esoteric philosophy.
18th-century garden
architectural follies
mystical symbolism
remarkable trees
Tips
🌳remarkable ancient trees throughout
🏛️"surrounded by mysticism thanks to the various Fabriques, highly symbolic monuments"
🎧audio guide available for exploring
Sunday, September 20
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