[2007]
Groups: Adults EUR 5.
[2007]
Rock Mine
| Location: | Doué la Fontaine |
| Open: |
11-JUL-2008 to 15-JUL-2008 daily 9:30-20. [2007] |
| Fee: |
Adults EUR 7.50, Children (12-16) EUR 3, Children (0-11) free. Groups: Adults EUR 5. [2007] |
| Classification: |
Rock Mine
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| Light: | electric |
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| Address: |
Office de tourisme de Doué la Fontaine, 49700 Doué la Fontaine, Tel: +33-241-592049.
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| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:22:16 $ |
| 1959 | start of rose exhibition. |
Doué la Fontaine is also called (city of roses). The reason are the culture and the production of roses and rosebushes, which are one of the main activities of the citizens. This started before the French Revolution, with the Baron Foullon, who loved roses and decorated his castle gardens with this flowers. So his village had to grow the roses for him. After the revolution the city continued to grow roses, which it does until today. It grows and sells more than 7 million rose bushes per year, of 500 different species.
Les Journées de la Rose is not a site, but the name of a rose exhibition. It takes place underground, in an abandoned quarry called the cellars of amphitheatre. The cathedral like chambers are an extraordinary an romantic setting for 100,000 buttons of roses, which draws 20,000 guests every year during five days.
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