Maintaining Pacello da Mercogliano’s legacy

Citrus fruit trees are again being cultivated at Château Gaillard, Amboise. It was here at the beginning of the 16th century that Italian agronomist Pacello da Mercogliano was commissioned by King Charles VIII to acclimatise orange and lemon trees on French soils. He was able to achieve this through the use of heated greenhouses and crate planters.

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