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Ronsard would have loved Doué La Fontaine, the undisputed capital of the rose!
About thirty nurseries are located there, representing 45% of the national rose production! It is no more than the first European rose production centre with about 7 million plants produced annually!
All this because Jean-François Foullon, intendant of Louis XVI's finances, bought the barony of Doué, built a fountain with a wash-house and watering trough, and a Fairgrounds essential to trade, then developed rose growing, setting up nurseries in Soulanger, where he had a castle built and 500 000 poplars planted!
Today, the visit of the Foullon rose garden is a must! Add two or three visits to nurseries, and don't miss the impressive troglodyte sites, such as the Cave aux sarcophages or the Perrières site...
City Hall contact details
16, place Jean Bégault
BP 49
Doué la Fontaine
49700 Doué en Anjou
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