Parc de Bodélio "RDV aux jardins"

Free visit of the Bodélio Park this weekend. You will admire the waterfall flowing into its 7 pools animated by 7 cascades then you will walk along the pond to the small pavilion which has just been restored. You will enjoy the calm of the oak avenue. Free visit from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Bring shoes to walk in a meadow, the schists of the waterfall and the paths are slippery. Accessible to people with disabilities. Dogs accepted on leashes. Information 06 10 07 01 40. GPS: Porte de Fer 56200 Malansac. English-style park with water course and waterfalls awarded to Alphand, currently being restored. Lyonnaise des Eaux DH Prize 1999; Historic Garden Foundation DH Prize 2001; French Heritage Society DH VMF Prize 2002. In the 15th century, the park was an area of woods and marshes, a hunting reserve for the Lords of Rieux Rochefort. It was surrounded by a schist wall 11 km long and approximately 3 m high. Around 1684, the park was called Bodélio Park. A house was used to house the magistrates serving the Lords of Rochefort. From 1750 to 1842, the park's trees were used by clog makers, charcoal burners, and sawyers. From 1842 to 1850, the Paris-Orléans Railway Company exploited the 367 hectares of woodland. The park was later purchased by wealthy landowners. In 1850, Mr. Simon called on the chief engineer for embellishments for the city of Paris, Mr. Alphand, to develop the area around the house and the pond. He cultivated a large part of the land and created the Val Simon and Kerdrio farms. Mr. François Forest, future mayor of Malansac, acquired it in 1890 and undertook major drainage works. The Park still belongs to his descendants. The Vau Billy cross was erected at the highest point of the estate by Madame Forest after the First World War to thank the heavens for the return of her sons, François and René, who would go on to become mayor of Malansac following his father. The road leading to the Iron Gate forms a majestic avenue lined with tall trees.

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