La Garenne Lemot, Landscaped park and neoclassical villa in Gétigné and Clisson, France

La Garenne Lemot is a 13-hectare park on a granite hillside within a loop of the Sèvre Nantaise, mainly in Gétigné. At the top stands a neo-Palladian villa, a long pale two-storey building with a central tower and columned entrance bay, seen across a lawn. Woods and gardens below hold Antique-style fabriques and statues, plus Italianate gardener's and gatekeeper's houses.

Sculptor François-Frédéric Lemot transformed this former hunting ground into a designed park in the early 1800s, inspired by his travels to Tivoli in Italy. He created a place where French landscape design blends with Italian elements.

The park displays Italian and French artistic traditions side by side through sculptures and architectural works that create a dialogue between styles. Visitors can compare different artistic approaches directly as they walk through the arranged pieces.

The park is open daily and free to visit, allowing you to explore at your own pace. Guided tours in French are available from February through December for those who want more context.

Some of the estate's garden features stand on the far bank of the Sèvre Nantaise, outside the property itself, in Clisson and Cugand. Lemot placed them there to answer the buildings and plantings across the water and to open perspectives between the two sides of the valley.