Massey Garden, Tarbes, France - SpottingHistory.com

Jardin Massey is a public garden in Tarbes, France built in the 19th century by Placide Massey (1777-1853), horticulturist of the French King Louis Philippe I and previous chief of the Palace of Versailles' gardens.

The garden contains several interesting buildings such as the Musée Massey (international Hussar museum), the orangery, the cloister (bought from the abbey of Saint-Sever-de-Rustan),the School of art and ceramics.

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Alan Slomowitz (2 months ago)
Beautiful, well maintained park in the middle of Tarbes.

Arek Ubezpieczenia (4 months ago)
Very nice place ?

Hamed Zakerzadeh (4 months ago)
I loved this place! The birds are free to move which was really surprising!

Guillaume Collinson (5 months ago)
Loved it, very nice to have a family walk, especially for young kids.

Pervaz Shirin (2 years ago)
Actually today it was not good the garden was not clean the water where ducks are playing it's not clean it's bedsmile from it's not good for children.

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