Parc Arboretum de Saint-Setiers
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The Parc Arboretum de Saint-Setiers is a private park and arboretum
located in Saint-Setiers
, Corrèze
, Limousin
, France
. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.
The park and its arboretum were established in the 19th century, and now contain about 115 species
of trees and shrubs including a Thujopsis
specimen dating from 1802 and a large Douglas fir from 1895, as well as a 5 kilometer forest trail, a river island covered with rhododendron
s, and a monumental earthen sculpture (La Grande Nageuse) by Gerhard Lentik.
It is also possible to see the sculpture of Marc Duquesnoy realized in 2008, in the stock of a tree : the wood combined with the porcelain.
Arboretum
An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
located in Saint-Setiers
Saint-Setiers
Saint-Setiers is a commune in the Corrèze department incentral France.-Geography:The river Diège has its source in the northeastern part of the commune and forms most of its southeastern border.-Population:-References:*...
, Corrèze
Corrèze
Corrèze is a department in south central France, named after the Corrèze River.The inhabitants of the department are called Corréziens or Corréziennes according to gender.-History:...
, Limousin
Limousin (région)
Limousin is one of the 27 regions of France. It is composed of three départements: Corrèze, Creuse and the Haute-Vienne.Situated largely in the Massif Central, as of January 1st 2008, the Limousin comprised 740,743 inhabitants on nearly 17 000 km2, making it the second least populated region of...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.
The park and its arboretum were established in the 19th century, and now contain about 115 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of trees and shrubs including a Thujopsis
Thujopsis
Thujopsis is a conifer in the cypress family , the sole member of the genus being Thujopsis dolabrata. It is endemic to Japan, where it is named asunaro . It is similar to the closely related genus Thuja , differing in the broader, thicker leaves and thick cones...
specimen dating from 1802 and a large Douglas fir from 1895, as well as a 5 kilometer forest trail, a river island covered with rhododendron
Rhododendron
Rhododendron is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers...
s, and a monumental earthen sculpture (La Grande Nageuse) by Gerhard Lentik.
It is also possible to see the sculpture of Marc Duquesnoy realized in 2008, in the stock of a tree : the wood combined with the porcelain.