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Coutances Botanical Garden, Coutances
Coutances›Manche›Normandy›Northern France›France
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5 attractions · 3h 43min · transit route
Coutances CathedralQuesnel-Morinière MuseumCoutances Botanical Garden
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About Coutances Botanical Garden
1 hectares on three terraced levels, combining French formal design, English landscape groves, and Italian-style terraces. Created between 1852-1855 after Jean-Jacques Quesnel-Morinière bequeathed his estate to the city, it was designed by retired military engineer Adèle Sébastien Minel. The garden contains several classified remarkable trees dating from 1857, including a fern-leaf beech, Virginia tulip tree, Lebanon cedar, and ginkgo biloba.
Coutances Botanical Garden — Planning Your Visit
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Open daily09:00 - 17:30
Combine with 5 nearby attractions for a full day
From €5 / person — all tickets and transport included — transit route with total cost breakdown
The garden's original benefactor, Quesnel-Morinière, stipulated in his will that medicinal plants must be grown for free distribution to the poor. This charitable requirement remained in effect for decades after the garden opened in 1855, with local residents able to collect herbal remedies at no cost.
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