Roseraie du Val-de-Marne or Roseraie de L'Haÿ is a

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L'Haÿ-les-Roses L'Haÿ-les-Roses () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. L'Haÿ-les-Roses is a ''sous-préfecture'' of the Val-de-Marne ''département'', being the seat of the Arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les ...

Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a pop ...

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History

Jules Gravereaux Jules Léopold Gravereaux (; 1 May 1844 in Vitry-sur-Seine – 23 March 1916 in Paris) was a French rosarian. He was a top executive at the department store Le Bon Marché and in 1892 purchased land at the village of L'Haÿ about 8 km south of ...

(who made his fortune in the

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department store in Paris), purchased a large property in L'Haÿ about 8 km south of Paris in 1892 and hired the famous

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and

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to lay out a garden containing 1600 roses. The garden claims to be the first ever garden dedicated exclusively to roses. Gravereaux collected roses from all over Europe and started to create new rose varieties for the production of rose oil for perfume, which would facilitate the process of distillation. He worked on hybrids of

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and developed the cultivar 'Rose à parfum de L'Haÿ', among others. In all he created 27 new cultivars, primarily for rose oil production. The very fragrant, crimson-purple rugosa hybrid 'Roseraie de L'Haÿ', was named for this garden. Roseraie de L'Haÿ reached peak capacity at 8000 roses in 1910, every type known at the time. In May 1914 the name of the town of L'Haÿ became officially

(meaning "L'Haÿ the roses") in honour of the renowned rose garden. Laid out in thirteen formal sections, today Roseraie du Val-de-Marne has a total of 13,100 rose bushes featuring 3200 species and varieties. The garden has modern French and foreign roses on one side, the formal rose garden with a reflecting pool in the center, and the old garden roses and classic roses on the other side. The site has been judged a historic monument. The pavilions are protected. In the year 2000, the

public park Roseraie de L'Haÿ was commemorated with a marker as part of the official

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(Green Meridian). This line is a continuation of the

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as mentioned in the Dan Brown book ''

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''. This meridian has also been referred to as the Serpent Rouge passing through the

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, Paris and as the

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Roses which have their origin in this garden

* ''Rosa rugosa'' var. "Amélie Gravereaux" (1903) * ''Rosa rugosa'' var. "Roseraie de L'Haÿ" (1901) * ''Rosa'' var. "Mme Jules Gravereaux", Climbing Tea Rose (1901) A tea rose bred by Joaquim Fontes in Brazil is named '' Rhodologue Jules Graveraux''

Location

About 8 km south of

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, the rosary is located on Rue Albert Watel in

. Image:Pavillon normand.jpg, Norman pavilion Image:Dome roseraie.jpg, Dome Image:Roseraielhay1.jpg, View of the rosarium

External links

Roseraie du Val-de-Marne website
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L'Haÿ-les-Roses municipal website

References

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