Situated to the east side of ‘square François Sicard’,
the entrance of the Fine Art Museum’s garden is indicated by a bicentenary cedar of
Libanon planted in 1804 in the middle of a 17th century year old yard , where
Fritz, the stuffed elephant can be seen through a window.. In front of the 17th
century façade of the former archbishops palace (current Fine Art Museum), a formal
garden was settled. It is composed of a lawn durding two rectangular beds of flowers with
crenelated trimmed yews and ball-shaped box trees.
These flat strips take the
finest effect during the summer time In the middle ground, a landscaped garden is composed
of different trees and walks closing the perspective. Several mulberry trees are planted
in this park. A marble statue by Juste Becquet showing a fauna playing with a leopard, and
realized in the memory of its master François Rude, decorates the garden. |
