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Garden Attractions In Normandy

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Normandy is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy is divided into five administrative departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne, and Seine-Maritime. It covers 30,627 square kilometres , comprising roughly 5% of the territory of metropolitan France. Its population of 3.37 million accounts for around 5% of the population of France. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. The historical region of Normandy comprised the present-day region of Normandy, as well as small areas now part of the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. T...
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  • 4. Jardins de l'Hotel de Ville Le Havre
    The Jardin du Luxembourg, also known in English as the Luxembourg Gardens, is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was created beginning in 1612 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France, for a new residence she constructed, the Luxembourg Palace. The garden today is owned by the French Senate, which meets in the Palace. It covers 23 hectares and is known for its lawns, tree-lined promenades, flowerbeds, model sailboats on its circular basin, and picturesque Medici Fountain, built in 1620.. The name Luxembourg comes from the Latin Mons Lucotitius, the name of the hill where the garden is located.
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  • 5. Jardin des Plantes Rouen
    The Jardin des Plantes de Rouen is a municipal botanical garden located at 7, rue de Trianon, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France. It is open daily without charge. The garden dates to 1691 when Louis de Carel acquired forest land within which he built a walled garden and pavilion. Scottish banker John Law purchased the garden in 1717, and in 1741, after several other owners, it was opened to the public. In 1806 Sophie Blanchard made a solo balloon ascension from the grounds, in 1811 Napoleon purchased the garden to establish the Sénatorie de la Seine-Inférieure, and in 1817 Élisa Garnerin parachuted from a balloon launched on the site. In 1820 English horticulturist Crac Calvert set up greenhouses for dahlias. The municipality of Rouen purchased the site in 1832 for its botani...
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  • 7. Le Jardin Public Honfleur
    Arromanches-les-Bains is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandie region of northwestern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arromanchais or ArromanchaisesThe commune has been awarded two flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.
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  • 8. Jardin de L'Eveche Lisieux
    Gare du Grand-Jardin is the second station of Lisieux. The station is only used by local services on the line from Lisieux to Trouville-Deauville. The station is named Le Grand-Jardin because of the Jardin de l'Éveché nearby.
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  • 12. Les Jardins D'Etretat Etretat
    Le Mesnil-Durdent is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
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  • 14. Chateau du Champ de Bataille Le Neubourg
    Château-sur-Epte is a commune in the Eure department in northern France.
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