Le Cloître

Between Agen and Bordeaux, Marmande conceals treasures. Near the Val de Garonne Tourist Office, visit, attached to the south side of the Gothic Notre-Dame church, the cloister built in 1540. The gallery bordering the church remains and part of the east gallery, on the French Renaissance style decor, elegant and very varied. What adds to the charm of the place is the discovery of the courtyard converted since 1950 into a classic topiary garden.
Inspired by the designs of the massifs of the Château de Langeais, it takes up the golden rules of French gardens of the 1875th century: pruning of boxwood and yew into cones, balls or pyramids, central pool which takes up the motifs of the Gothic windows of the nave and hornbeam walls which correspond to the design of the cloister galleries. The place has been classified as a Historic Monument since XNUMX.