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Nature Attractions In Essonne

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Essonne is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. It is named after the Essonne River. It was formed on 1 January 1968 when Seine-et-Oise was split into smaller departments.
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  • 6. Parc Pierre Sainte Genevieve Des Bois
    Cap-Saint-Jacques is a regional park in Montreal, located in the West Island at the junction of the Lake of Two Mountains and the Rivière des Prairies. Situated on a peninsula, three quarters of the park are bordered by water. At 3.02 km2 , it is the largest park in Montreal. The land for the park was purchased on February 14, 1980 according to the North Shore News paper. The park features a natural sand beach and an organic farm, which raises animals and grows organic produce. Farm activities are offered by the non profit D-Trois-Pierres. The park’s bays are home to a variety of animals, including the map turtle. Environmental science activities are offered by the Groupe uni des éducateurs-naturalistes et professionnels en environnement . The park includes stands of silver birch and s...
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  • 7. Conservatoire National des Plantes Milly La Foret
    The Conservatoire National des Plantes à Parfum, Médicinales, Aromatiques et Industrielles , formerly known as the Conservatoire National des Plantes Médicinales Aromatiques et Industrielles , is a nonprofit botanical garden located on the Route de Nemours, Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The conservatory was established in 1987 by the Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales professional society to preserve medicinal, aromatic, and industrial plants. In 1994 it revised its name and mission to add perfume-related plants, and opened to the public in 2002. Today the garden contains more than 1200 species planted in two greenhouses and a variety of gardens including a study garden , thematic garden, and an arb...
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  • 9. Parc Zoologique et Chateau de Thoiry Thoiry
    Cleres Zoological Park is located in Clères, 22 kilometres north of Rouen, France. This zoological park is on the grounds of a 14th-century château and includes 200 mammals and 1,500 birds in a wooded area of 13 hectares . The park is only open to visitors between February and October.
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  • 10. Arboretum de la Vallee-aux-Loups Chatenay Malabry
    The Arboretum de la Vallée-aux-Loups is a notable arboretum located at 102 rue de Chateaubriand, near the Maison de Chateaubriand, in Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. It is open daily except Monday, but closed in January; an admission fee is charged. The park was created circa 1777 by the Chevalier François-Louis Durant du Bignon. It was confiscated during the French Revolution, changed hands several times, and then acquired in 1804 by Louis Cadet de Gassicourt, pharmacist to Napoleon, who collected and maintained rare plants on the property. The park was sold in 1890 to Louis-Gustave Croux who created today's arboretum. In 1986 it was sold once more to the Conseil Général des Hauts-de-Seine, its current owner. Today the garden is laid out as a landscaped park...
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  • 11. Le Jardin de Versailles Versailles
    André Le Nôtre , originally rendered as André Le Nostre, was a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France. Most notably, he was the landscape architect who designed the park of the Palace of Versailles, and his work represents the height of the French formal garden style, or jardin à la française. Prior to working on Versailles, Le Nôtre collaborated with Louis Le Vau and Charles Le Brun on the park at Vaux-le-Vicomte. His other works include the design of gardens and parks at Chantilly, Fontainebleau, Saint-Cloud and Saint-Germain. His contribution to planning was also significant: at the Tuileries he extended the westward vista, which later became the avenue of the Champs-Élysées and comprise the Axe historique.
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  • 12. Arboretum des Pres des Culands Meung Sur Loire
    The Arboretum des Prés des Culands , also known as the Conservatoire national d'Ilex, is a private arboretum specializing in Ilex varieties. It is located at La Nivelle, Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France, and open by appointment; an admission fee is charged. The arboretum was created in 1987 on marshlands, and landscaped as many small islands interconnected by wooden bridges. By 1991 it contained about 150 Ilex plants and was designated a national collection by the Conservatoire des Collections Végétales Spécialisées . It was subsequently recognized by the Holly Society of America in 1999, and in 2004 named a Jardin Remarquable by the French ministry of culture. In 2007 its astilbe collection merited a second CCVS designation. Today the garden contains over 500 type...
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  • 14. Le Bois de Verrieres Verrieres Le Buisson
    Verrières-le-Buisson is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is 13.3 km from the centre of Paris, in the Essonne department just outside the inner ring of the Île-de-France. The commune borders the Bièvre River. Inhabitants of Verrières-le-Buisson are known as Verriérois.
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