Parc du Moulin Blanc, Public park in Saint-Zacharie, France
The Parc du Moulin Blanc is a public garden in Saint-Zacharie with walking paths, recreational areas, and a lake of about 2800 square meters that attracts wild birds. Large trees from different parts of the world are scattered across the grounds and provide shelter and places to explore.
The estate dates to the 14th century, and surviving buildings such as a dovecote and a chapel date from the 17th century. In 1851 Adolphe de Saporta and the landscape architect de Drée created the landscape park, and the present château was built in 1858. After Saporta's death his son Gaston de Saporta, a noted paleobotanist, took over the estate, which was listed as a monument historique in 2002 and remains with the family.
People come here to walk among mature trees and watch birds that gather by the water and throughout the grounds. The space draws locals and visitors who enjoy spending time observing nature and exploring the different plants.
The park is privately owned but open to the public, so visitors move through a working estate rather than a municipal garden. It lies in Saint-Zacharie, in the Massif de Sainte-Baume in the Var. The grounds are watered by several springs and by two small streams, the Huveaune and the Peruy, which cross the park.
The park was created in 1851 by Adolphe de Saporta with landscape architect M. Drée, and it later passed to Saporta's son Gaston, a noted paleobotanist. The domain itself dates back to the 14th century, and a dovecote and chapel surviving on the grounds date from the 17th century.
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