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List of Remarkable Gardens of France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ3250358 ↗
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The Remarkable Gardens of France is intended to be a list and description, by region, of the more than three hundred gardens classified as "Jardins remarquables" by the Ministry of Culture and the Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France.

Gardens of Alsace

Bas-Rhin

Brumath - Jardin de l'Escalier. (1973) Small private modern romantic floral garden. (See Photos)

Kintzheim – The Park of Ruins of the Château de Kintzheim. An early 19th-century romantic landscape garden. (See photos)

Kolbsheim – The Garden of the Château de Kolbsheim. (1703) French garden and English landscape park. (See photos)

Ottrott – Le Domaine de Windeck. (1835). Romantic landscape park, with views of the ruined castle of Ottrott.

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