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Villandry: potager
The potager, or vegetable garden, at the château of Villandry, France.
Villandry
France
Villandry, village, Indre-et-Loire département, Centre région, central France. It is situated along the Cher River southwest of Tours and is the site of a château built in 1532 by Jean Le Breton, the secretary of state for Francis I. The château is most noted for its terraced gardens, which were restored in the 20th century. Framed by low boxwood hedges, fountains, and fruit trees, the formal gardens incorporate symbolic thematic designs. The potager, or vegetable garden, which in the 16th century included many rarities, is also laid out in a formal decorative style. Pop. (1999) 920; (2014 est.) 1,090.
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