Arboretum de Balaine
The Arboretum de Balaine (20 hectares) is a historic
The arboretum was created in 1804 by Aglaé Adanson, daughter of naturalist Michel Adanson, as an English-style park on surrounding a mansion inherited from a family friend. She formed an arboretum of exotic species, following the example of Joséphine de Beauharnais at the Château de Malmaison in Rueil. The family has continued to own the park since its creation, and describe it as the oldest private botanical park in France. It was classified a historical monument in 1993.
Today the arboretum contains about 2500
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