Parc René Boylesve à Descartes

The park goes along the river the Creuse. Its origin goes back up to the IXth and Xth centuries, time of the dominion of the dukes of Anjou. In this place, they built a seigneurial cubbyhole surrounded with moats. The church Notre-Dame of the XIIIth century and the bridge Henri IV adjoin the park.
The city acquires the property after the Second World War. It is then a landscaped garden presenting hundred-years-old trees: ginkgo biloba, cedars, plaqueminier, Sequoiadendron giganteum, mulberry tree …
New spaces are fitted out in the garden: of medieval inspiration, rose garden …