Situated to the east side of ‘square François Sicard’, the entrance of the Fine Art Museum’s garden is indicated by a bicentenary cedar of Libanon planted in 1804 in the middle of a 17th century year old yard , where Fritz, the stuffed elephant can be seen through a window.. In front of the 17th century façade of the former archbishops palace (current Fine Art Museum), a formal garden was settled. It is composed of a lawn durding two rectangular beds of flowers.
These flat strips with crenelated trimmed yews and ball-shaped box trees, take the finest effect during the summer time In the middle ground, a landscaped garden is composed of different trees and walks closing the perspective. Several mulberry trees are planted in this park. A marble statue by Juste Becquet showing a fauna playing with a leopard, and realized in the memory of its master François Rude, decorates the garden.
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