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Parc du Thabor
View of the Orangerie, Parc du Thabor
Parc du Thabor, Rennes, France
Nearest cityRennes
Coordinates48°06′51″N 1°40′12″W / 48.11416667°N 1.67°W / 48.11416667; -1.67
Area10 ha
Elevation56 m


The Parc du Thabor, located near the city center of Rennes, is a public park spread over ten hectares, containing a French formal garden, an English landscape garden, and a botanical garden. The park's name is derived from Mount Tabor, west of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.

Since the park's origins as a private vegetable and pleasure garden for the monks of the Notre-Dame-en-Saint-Melaine abby, through successive enlargements it has become one of the most emblematic and appreciated spaces in Rennes.


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