Eure-et-Loir
Jardin du Pre-CatelanIlliers-Combray (28) | |
Labeled in 2004 with renewal in 2009. Classification 09/03/1999: the Pré-Catelan garden in its entirety. | |
Landscaped garden. Public property, 1.5 ha. The Pré-Catelan garden is located near the centre of Illiers-Combray and the Loir river. Marcel Proust’s "Uncle Horticulturist", Jules Amiot, drew the layout in 1850. Marcel Proust himself will come to spend his holidays there during his childhood and his memories were used to write his book A la recherche du temps perdu of which is part the volume "Au côté de chez Swann" where he evokes the path of hawthorns. The park is punctuated by factories inspired by the Middle Ages and the Orient. |
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