Arboretum de Pézanin
The Arboretum de Pézanin is an arboretum in the French commune of Dompierre-les-Ormes . It is located in the Burgundy region between Charolles and Cluny . Every year 25,000 people visit the arboretum, making it one of the most visited places in Burgundy.
Inventory and historical overview
The arboretum extends over 27 hectares around a central lake measuring 4 hectares. The tree population includes around 450 species and subspecies.
The arboretum was founded in 1903 by the botanist Philippe Lévêque Vilmorin (1872-1917) on the grounds of the Audour Castle . After the arboretum was practically abandoned after 1923, it was taken over by the state in 1935.
Marked hiking trails open the arboretum to the general public.
Européenne de la Forêt et du Bois Gallery
Adjacent to the arboretum is the Galerie Européenne de la Forêt et du Bois ('European Forest and Wood Gallery'), an exhibition dedicated to wood and sustainability that has had over 150,000 visitors since it opened.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Arboretum de Pézanin. In: www.onf.fr. Office national des forêts (ONF), accessed on January 4, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Homepage ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the exhibition.
Coordinates: 46 ° 21 ′ 2 " N , 4 ° 29 ′ 10" E