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Le Roi du Jardin
Gardens, parks and designed landscapes.
Historic gardens and parks that are worth the journey in themselves
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This world opens with castles and estates whose Base Mérimée record mentions a garden. Gardens that exist as gardens — Villandry as a garden rather than as a castle — are not in the dataset yet. What follows is therefore what the source provides, not what the world will become.
01 — The collection
Gardens, parks and designed landscapes.
Gardens and parks worth visiting in their own right — including those attached to a castle that already appears in Le Roi du Château.

De Haar
Utrecht
De Haar is a château at Utrecht, Utrecht, in the Netherlands. The recorded building campaigns date from the 14th, 15th, 16th, 19th and 20th centuries. Its architecture is recorded as Neo-Renaissance. The register records it as “rijksmonument”. Details are drawn from Rijksmonumentenregister.
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Derby Arboretum
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Domaine de Charance
Gap · Hautes-Alpes
Domaine de Charance is a château at Gap, Hautes-Alpes, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine de Chenonceau
Chenonceaux · Indre-et-Loire
Chenonceau lies beside and across the Cher in Indre-et-Loire. The present château began with the building campaign of Thomas Bohier and Catherine Briçonnet between 1513 and 1517; the Tour des Marques survives from the earlier complex. Later work associated with Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de’ Medici extended the relationship between the residence, river and gardens. The château contains collections of furniture, tapestries and paintings. Its grounds include the gardens named for Diane and Catherine, a landscape park and a productive flower garden supporting arrangements inside the house. The official account identifies later interventions in the gardens, including Achille Duchêne’s layout at Diane’s garden, so the visible ensemble should not be described as wholly unchanged since the sixteenth century.
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Domaine de Fayolle
Tocane-Saint-Apre · Dordogne
Domaine de Fayolle is a château at Tocane-Saint-Apre, Dordogne, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The recorded building campaign dates from the 18th century. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine de Fondat
Saint-Justin · Landes
Domaine de Fondat is a château at Saint-Justin, Landes, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 17th and 19th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine de l’Abrègement
Bioussac · Charente
Domaine de l'Abrègement is a château at Bioussac, Charente, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine de la Bellière
Champfrémont · Mayenne
Domaine de la Bellière is a château at Champfrémont, Mayenne, in the Pays de la Loire region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 17th and 19th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine de Lassalle
Calignac · Lot-et-Garonne
Domaine de Lassalle is a château at Calignac, Lot-et-Garonne, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 12th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine de Montmarin
Pleurtuit · Ille-et-Vilaine
Domaine de Montmarin is a manor house at Pleurtuit, Ille-et-Vilaine, in the Bretagne region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the higher of the two levels (classé). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine de Preisch
Basse-Rentgen · Moselle
Domaine de Preisch is a château at Basse-Rentgen, Moselle, in the Grand Est region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the higher of the two levels (classé). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine des Arcis
Meslay-du-Maine · Mayenne
Domaine des Arcis is a château at Meslay-du-Maine, Mayenne, in the Pays de la Loire region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 16th, 18th and 19th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine des Grotteaux
Huisseau-sur-Cosson · Loir-et-Cher
Domaine des Grotteaux is a château at Huisseau-sur-Cosson, Loir-et-Cher, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 17th and 19th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine du Château de Bridoire
Ribagnac · Dordogne
Domaine du Château de Bridoire is a château at Ribagnac, Dordogne, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 15th and 16th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the higher of the two levels (classé). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine du château de Clauzuroux (également sur communes de La Chapelle-Grésignac et Cherval)
Champagne-et-Fontaine · Dordogne
Domaine du château de Clauzuroux (également sur communes de La Chapelle-Grésignac et Cherval) is a château at Champagne-et-Fontaine, Dordogne, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine du château de Nuits
Nuits · Yonne
Domaine du château de Nuits is a château at Nuits, Yonne, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 16th and 19th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the higher of the two levels (classé). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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Domaine du Rayol
The Domaine du Rayol is a protected natural site owned by the Conservatoire du littoral, at the foot of the Massif des Maures in the Var. Gilles Clément designed its Jardin des Méditerranées to evoke landscapes from regions including California, Chile, South Africa, Australia, the Mediterranean basin and the Canary Islands.
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Domein van de Plantentuin van Meise
Meise
Domein van de Plantentuin van Meise is a château at Meise, Vlaams-Brabant, in Belgium. The recorded building campaigns date from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The register records it as “beschermd onroerend erfgoed”. Details are drawn from the Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed (Vlaanderen).
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Dømmesmoen Park
Dømmesmoen lies outside Grimstad and is owned by the municipality. The park developed systematically after the establishment of the state horticultural school in 1923. Its planted areas include trees, shrubs, roses, perennials, seasonal flowers and demonstration beds. A pond forms a central feature, with the landscape extending towards woodland and cultivated land. The site also contains cultural remains and is home to the Norwegian Horticultural Museum. Grimstad municipality states that the park is open throughout the year; museum exhibitions and facilities have separate arrangements.
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Drayton House
Lowick · East Midlands
Drayton House is a Grade I listed building in Lowick, England, United Kingdom. This concise register entry is based on Historic England’s National Heritage List for England.
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Flor & Fjære
Flor & Fjære is a privately owned family garden on the island of Sør-Hidle near Stavanger. Visits take place through advance bookings during the summer season, rather than as unrestricted walk-in access. The operator’s visitor programme combines a boat journey from Stavanger, a guided garden tour, a meal and time to explore independently. The family describes the gardens as the work of three generations. Departure times and seasonal availability are published in the booking calendar. The current visitor page identifies Bekhuskaien as the departure quay.
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Flora Botanical Garden
Cologne’s Flora and Botanical Garden includes tropical greenhouses, a desert house and a subtropical house. Its outdoor landscape includes a hill with alpine plants. The municipal account identifies the site’s main entrance at Alter Stammheimer Weg in Cologne.
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Folly Farm
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Forteresse royale de Chinon
Chinon · Indre-et-Loire
Forteresse royale de Chinon is a château at Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 14th and 15th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the higher of the two levels (classé). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
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