Château de Marqueyssac

The Gardens of marqueyssac located in the Perigord region in the Dordogne and belong to the community vézac. The plants are still privately owned and are accessible to the public since 1997.

Geography

The Gardens and the Castle of marqueyssac are often referred to as the Hanging Gardens of marqueyssac because the entire plant is located 130 meters on a rocky spur above the Dordogne near a river bend. From here you have a direct view of the villages of Beynac- et- Cazenac, Castelnaud- la -Chapelle and La Roque- Gageac and the Dordogne, all these places are connected to each other next to the Departmental D703.

History and Description

From the French Ministry classified for culture as watchable garden, provides that in the second half of the 19th century through the castle heirs Julien de Cerval newly designed park on 22 hectares over six kilometers predominantly shaded walking paths, a maze of 150,000 hand-cut, hundred year old box trees and a variety of notable trees, shrubs and bushes. Striking plant design elements are beside the boxwood: Mediterranean cypresses, pines, oaks, cyclamen, Holy herb, plumbago, rosemary. The gardens, originally designed by landscape architect from the school André Le Nôtre, marqueyssac waived today, unlike the typical French garden, regularity and symmetry and attained by his often sweeping ways exemplifies the time of Napoleon III. , Horticultural diversity and variety. A scale in recent times Lookout ( Belvedere) provides an impressive view of the valley of the Dordogne, Castelnaud and La Roque- Gageac. Rest huts made of stone ( Cabane ), a neo-Gothic chapel next to the castle 's architectural fixed points in the park.

Boxwood gardens

The Chapel

The Hanging Gardens

Waterfall

Garden center

Path lined with rosemary and Heiligenkraut

Boxwood gardens

Archway

Boxwood, pine and cypress