Walnutt plantation - Parc Josephine Baker (Castelnaud-la-Chapelle/FR)
Walnutt plantation.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 4S) / #walnutt - #plantation at #Landscape #ParcJosephineBaker in #CastelnaudlaChapelle, #Dordogne - #France
Walnutt plantation, a local delicacy, at one of the fields surrounding the eastate. When the nuts are ready to be harvested the trees will be sheaken... not stiired.
Photo July 2014, Chateau-des-Milandes () after 525 years in time.
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Parc Josephine Baker - One of the most romantic castles has to be Château-des-Milandes (Est. 1489). It has to forms of defence like regular castles. In medieval history it was the former manor mainhouse of the lords of Coumont, owners of the nearby Chateau Castelnaud-la-Chapelle. The castle is renovated between 1900 and 1914, between 1940-1968 inhabited and owned by Josephine Baker. Nowadays it's a well preserved caste, a monument historique, jardin remarkable, with a brassery, bird of prey show and a unique museum and exhibition dedicated to Josephine Baker.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_des_Milandes.
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Walnutt plantation - Parc Josephine Baker (Castelnaud-la-Chapelle/FR)
Walnutt plantation.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 4S) / #walnutt - #plantation at #Landscape #ParcJosephineBaker in #CastelnaudlaChapelle, #Dordogne - #France
Walnutt plantation, a local delicacy, at one of the fields surrounding the eastate. When the nuts are ready to be harvested the trees will be sheaken... not stiired.
Photo July 2014, Chateau-des-Milandes () after 525 years in time.
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Parc Josephine Baker - One of the most romantic castles has to be Château-des-Milandes (Est. 1489). It has to forms of defence like regular castles. In medieval history it was the former manor mainhouse of the lords of Coumont, owners of the nearby Chateau Castelnaud-la-Chapelle. The castle is renovated between 1900 and 1914, between 1940-1968 inhabited and owned by Josephine Baker. Nowadays it's a well preserved caste, a monument historique, jardin remarkable, with a brassery, bird of prey show and a unique museum and exhibition dedicated to Josephine Baker.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_des_Milandes.
Published at - Flickr